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The Centre for Maritime Research was set up in 1999 and is jointly funded by the University and by the Department of the Environment.
To date the Maritime Archaeology team has been engaged in a number of high profile projects and has featured on a number of television programmes during the year.
New treasure
The UU marine archaeologists found new treasure in the Indian Ocean,
diving in the shadow of a 17th century fort, and in the process created
Africa’s first marine archaeological survey. treasure
While surveying the waters around Mombasa Island off the Kenyan coast in collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya and the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the team discovered at least four sunken vessels, including a Portuguese frigate destroyed during a battle in the late 1690s, as well as ceramics dating to between 3,000 and 10,000 years BC.
Survey data
The team was led by Dr Colin Breen, lecturer in Maritime Archaeology and
Dr Rory Quinn, Lecturer in Marine Geophysics and included ten MSc Maritime
Archaeology students and two field assistants. Additional members of the
team included experts from the Maritime Archaeology Unit based at
Coleraine, a film crew and four professionally qualified divers equipped
with underwater video and still cameras.
“It’s the first time we have mapped the underwater landscape,” said Dr Breen. “Prior to this, our focus was on single wrecks. What we are trying to so is map out the whole region. We are looking to create awareness among archaeologists about the potential of East Africa. Much of African archaeology is either overlooked or ignored.”
Historical insight
For Kenyans, the project provided valuable historical insight. Kenyan
coastal archaeologist Athman Lali said: “For a long time we have
concentrated on archaeological sites that we can see on land, but then
there is this other heritage out there… that has been washed away. It’s
important to preserve them together.”
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driving down energy bills
The University was chosen to be part of a new consortium of UK universities working under the banner of Integration of New and Renewable Energy in Buildings (INREB). The consortium is carrying out pioneering research on new and renewable forms of energy.
The INREB project is funded by a £2.5 million Faraday award, announced in the House of Commons in April by DTI Minister Steven Byers. This is the first Faraday Award received by the University and is also the first Faraday award in this field of research.
Ambitious targets
INREB researches ways of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions caused by
energy use in buildings, and accelerating the growth of renewable energy
products in the UK. The consortium aims to help the UK meet the ambitious
targets set following the Kyoto agreement for the reduction of CO2
emissions by 2010.The research is led by Professor Philip Eames and
explores new forms of energy that will reduce CO2 emissions, reduce
domestic energy bills, and lower environmental impacts of industry.
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