IPR XXX has set itself the goal of building bridges between nautical and limnic archaeology in the Mediterranean region and its inland waters on the one hand and the visual sciences on the other, from early history to late antiquity.

At the same time, the acute interest of research in the various aspects of maritime and fluvial transport should be taken into account.

The focus will be on three main topics: 



1. ancient depictions of ships or shipping, pictorial works on ships and ship models

2. the transport of artefacts, as illuminated above all by wreck finds (e.g. Mahdia/Tunisia and Antikythera/Greece)

3. (Digital) images and reconstructions of pre-modern ships, shipping routes and transport logistics.

The program for our anniversary conference IN POSEIDONS REICH XXX with the main theme Shipping | Images at the Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg , Germany, from April 8th to 13th, 2025 is now finalized.

Attached you will find the registration forms for speakers with the

scientific program and the

socio-cultural program

with information on accommodation. It offers the opportunity to visit archaeological and art-historical sites and museums with different themes. Excursions into the Franconian countryside and receptions follow. A seminar and a visit to the special exhibition on models of ancient watercraft are further highlights.

Please note that the number of participants in the socio-cultural program is limited. Therefore, please return the completed registration form as soon as possible.

We hope that, in addition to your scientific interest, you will also enjoy the extensive socio-cultural program with many events and surprises. We expect informative and instructive days of scientific exchange and a cozy get-together with old and new colleagues and friends.

We look forward to welcoming you to Würzburg in April 2025 and

wish you a relaxing holiday season and all the best for 2025.

The latest issue of our journal SKYLLIS contains an article by Ansgar Bovet based on his presentation at a meeting on underwater cultural heritage organised by UNESCO in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Culture in Madrid in June 2024.

"It's a long way to ratifying!" (p. 4 - 6).

DEGWUA, the only German NGO on this topic, had been invited to the meeting to present its own view to international participants as to why Germany has not yet signed the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage even after 15 years, although it has always intended to do so.

Table of contents of the current issue:

Vorwort

Ansgar Bovet, It’s a long way to ratifying! Speech given at the UNESCO Convention of the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Regional Meeting Group I, Madrid, 20th/21th June 2024

Deborah Cvikel – Maayan Cohen, The Ma‘agan Mikhael B Shipwreck, Israel. Summary of the Excavations

Volker Demuth, NOTHAW. Ein hansischer Hafen bei Avaldsnes an einer maritimen Schlüsselstelle der norwegischen Westküste. Archäologische Funde als Quelle zum hansischen Norwegenhandel

Boris Dunsch, Nautische Fachliteratur in der Antike

Zaraza Friedman, The Ship Graffito on a Brick from Novgorod

Luisa Goldammer – Philip von Tresckow – Martin Goldammer, Bericht über das Projekt „Bodelschwingh-Boot“ vom 14.01.–22.01.23 in Ruanda

Eva Grossmann, Maritime Law and Contracts in the Middle Ages

Ph. Grassel – F. Jürgens – M. Berger – D. Brandt – J. Enzmann – D. Heuskin – L. Meyer, Autonomous Remote Detection of Submarine Archaeological Sites in the Kiel Bight / Baltic Sea using AUV and ROV: A field report

Florian Huber, Underwater Archaeological Investigations of First World War Shipwrecks around the Island of Heligoland in the German North Sea

Elhanan Itzhack – Deborah Cvikel – Yoav Me-Bar, Engineering Aspects of Using the Ram in Warships During Antiquity (800 – 30 BC) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Vasiliki Ivrou – Areti Chalkioti, The Role of Small Islands in the Maritime Landscape of the Northern and Central Aegean During the Middle Ages

Jeroen Oosterbaan , Identifying Content through Casks

Rafail Papadopoulos, Ironwork, Trade Networks and Maritime Iron Equipment in Hanseatic Germany A Preliminary Study

Marko Richter, Das Konzept des „Schiffstyps“ in der vorindustriellen Zeit als Problem für die Archäologie

Ivar Treffner, New Data from the Nargen Wreck – a 16th Century Merchant Vessel in Tallinn Bay

Shelley Wachsmann, On Anchor Stratigraphy in Tantura Lagoon, Israel

Sieghard Wagener, Naval Battles of the 5th to 3rd Centuries BC. Effects of ramming from an engineering perspective

Das Bücherbrett:
Christoph Börker: Rezension zu: Boris Dreyer (Hrsg), Die Fridericiana Alexandrina Navis (F.A.N.). Ein Römerboot auf dem Prüfstand – Bau und Test für Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit (Darmstadt 2022)


Here is the current register (1998 - 2022) in PDF and here on our website.




Reviewing IPR XXIX in Bregenz (8 to 12 May 2024)

• Photos of Mathias Orgeldinger