Journal

A 5th century BC Greek shipwreck excavation off Turkey

I wrote this article for  the 2000 edition of the journal Antiquity, following the first season of excavation by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) of a classical Greek shipwreck off the west coast of Turkey at Tektas Burnu. I was very fortunate to participate in both the 1999 and the 2000 season at this site, carrying out more than a hundred dives to 45 metres and excavating some wonderful artefacts - including intact painted Greek vases of the 5th century BC ...

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A new shipwreck site of the 17th century

I’ve just returned from a very exciting week of diving and underwater discovery. For some time now I’ve been on the trail of a shipwreck reported years ago by divers but never investigated. Three days ago I finally found it, having very nearly swum over the site without seeing it on the final day of diving ...

 

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NATIONAL POST: The deep →

My final post as guest-editor of 'The Afterword' on Canada's National Post newspaper:

This unusual author portrait was taken by my brother Alan near Tobermory in Lake Huron, one day in spring as the ice was breaking up. I’ve been passionate about diving since boyhood, and in my career as an underwater archaeologist I’ve dived all over the world. But I’ve always loved returning to Tobermory, the place where I did my first open-water dive in 1978. It isn’t just the extraordinarily well-preserved shipwrecks that draws me back ...

 

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