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COMPUTATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGY &
SEAFARING
THEORY
An interdisciplinary community for seafaring, its past, and its traditions.
Who We Are
The Computational Archaeology and Seafaring Theory (CAST) community of practice brings together an interdisciplinary group of archaeologists, ocean scientists, anthropologists, and practitioners with a shared interest in the study of past seafaring and its continuing traditions.
People’s relationship to the sea has profoundly influenced social, political, cultural, and economic systems. Despite this connection, the sea is dynamic. Marine environments present a special challenge to those looking at the relationship between humans and the sea. We aim to better understand humans’ relationships with the marine environment through computer modeling, studies of maritime heritage, working with seafaring communities, and researching the past.
The CAST group welcomes all members who are interested in seafaring, its past, and its traditions. We want to create a community around our shared interests. We offer cross-disciplinary discussions and share knowledge and resources about seafaring modeling and practices. We also offer educational opportunities for those getting started with computational modeling or for those who have experience in the study of seafaring and want to incorporate modeling into their work.
CAST especially supports early career researchers, Indigenous researchers, and people working with local communities who are interested in seafaring narratives, maritime cultural landscapes, maritime heritage, and computer modeling.
CAST Mission
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Marisa Borreggine
NOAA
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Marisa (they/she) is a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow with the Coastal States Organization and FEMA. They completed their PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences & Archaeology with the Mitrovica research group at Harvard University. Her previous research wrestled with the timing, methodology, and environmental conditions of enigmatic human migrations in the Indo-Pacific and Late Holocene Greenland. Now they are a Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Specialist in Washington, DC, working on science policy and communication about sea-level rise.
Helen Farr
Southampton University
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Helen (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at Southampton University in the UK and current co-chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. Helen’s research interests focus on ancient seafaring and submerged landscapes, she wrote her PhD on Neolithic seafaring in the central Mediterranean but has gone on to work in the Black Sea, UK, Indian Ocean and Island South East Asia. Helen currently holds a European Research Council grant (ACROSS) researching the origins of seafaring to Australia ca. 65,000 years ago. Helen’s work is interdisciplinary bringing together ocean science and archaeology and she is passionate about protecting maritime cultural heritage. She is a keen sailor, HSE commercial diver and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Katie Jarriel
Purdue University
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Katie (she/her) received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Cornell University in 2017. She has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in Purdue's Honors College since 2018, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses like World-Building, GeoSpace, and Replicants. Her research models small-world community interactions in the Bronze Age Cyclades, Greece, in particular the entanglements of climate disaster, communities, technology, and the affordances of ancient seascapes.
Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Justin Leidwanger (he/him) is Associate Professor in Stanford’s Department of Classics and director of the Maritime Archaeology and Digital Heritage Lab at the Stanford Archaeology Center. His research focuses on Mediterranean mobilities, port communities, and systems of exchange, interests he explores on the computer, in the lab, and in the field. He conducts community-based archaeology on ships, coastal landscapes, and the tangible and intangible heritage of historic and contemporary maritime life at the tip of southeast Sicily.
Emma Slayton
Carnegie Mellon University
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
Emma Slayton (she/her) earned her Phd. at Leiden University in 2018. As an archaeologist, she focuses on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early seafaring routes, primarily in the Caribbean. Emma currently serve as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, where she plans workshops and other content to promote data literacy and the use of various data visualization or GIS methods, tools, and techniques.
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