Marseille & online, 27/09/2022 - 1/10/2022.

The Master of Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (MoMArch - Aix-Marseille University ) with the support of the Mediterranean Archaeology Institute - ARKAIA | Aix-Marseille Université and NEANIAS Project organised the 1st International Conference of Mediterranean Harbour and Coastal Archaeology under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair in Maritime and Coastal Archaeology of Aix-Marseille University.

The Conference was held in presence at Le Cube THE CUBE | Aix-Marseille Université in Aix-en-Provence from the 27th of September to the 1st of October 2022. Livestreaming was also available.

In 2022, the key theme focused on Ancient Mediterranean Harbour-cities diachronically from prehistory to Mediaeval times and it is organised under the framework of the Aigina Harbour-city project (2019-2023) now running in the Aegean Sea (website under construction). Besides the key theme, the conference welcomes papers covering a wide range of subjects, new discoveries and current underwater and coastal fieldwork research, documentation and interpretation on ancient harbours and coastal sites in the Mediterranean.

During the Conference, the NEANIAS Project workshop was hosted, where all participants had the opportunity to test interactively three Innovative Underwater Services (Bathymetry mapping, Seafloor mosaicking and Seabed Classification) now developed for the EOSC (European Open Science Cloud).

More details at https://aiginaharbourcity.com/