Lecturer in Archaeology, Caroline Wickham-Jones, is set to be part of a team exhibiting at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London, from the 3-8 July 2012.
Lecturer in Archaeology, Caroline Wickham-Jones, is set to be part of a team exhibiting at the in London, from the 3–8 July 2012. The exhibit, led by of the at St Andrews University, is entitled Europe’s Lost World: Our Drowned Landscapes. It is a joint project between scientists at the Universities of St Andrews, Aberdeen, Dundee, Birmingham, and the University of Wales Trinity St David.
The exhibit draws on geophysical archaeological survey and palaeo-geographical fieldwork undertaken in recent years in the North Sea, Orkney, and Jersey sponsored by , , , and . These have mapped the now submerged palaeo-landscapes known as . The exhibit will use the latest 3-D viewing technologies to allow people to visualise the places that our ancestors lived, travelled and hunted. Further information on the Orkney project is available here: , and you can follow Europe’s Lost World on Tumblr