The SOMA 2024 conference explored navigation and its connections to Mediterranean cultural and material heritage, examining the regions historical, cultural, and economic contexts. It emphasized innovative approaches to heritage conservation and interpretation, engaging disciplines such as art history, numismatics, and epigraphy.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the plenary sessions were held at the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (ICUA Zadar). The event was jointly organized by ICUA Zadar, the General Association for Mediterranean Archaeology (GAMA), the Department of Archaeology at the University of Zadar, the Museum of Ancient Glass in Zadar, and the Archaeological Museum Zadar. As part of the international SOMA conference series, the event continued the tradition of bringing together archaeologists from across the Mediterranean to exchange knowledge and promote the study, protection, and preservation of the regions cultural heritagebuilding on previous meetings hosted in several European countries.
Legislation management and interpretation of cultural heritage
State management of underwater cultural heritage in Mediterranean waters: the
case of the Mazarron 2 shipwreck Paloma Sánchez Gómez and Rafael Sabio
González
Last chance harbour unveiling Lagos underwater heritage Nuno Costa and
Andreia Romão
Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hubs within the EU Blue Economy
Alexandra Camilleri, Fabio Bruno, Marco Cozza, Francesco Buffone, Umberto
Severino, Alessandro Cozza, Felix Manfredi, Marino Mangeruga, Manuel
Fortunato Drago, Asimina Dimara, Stelios Krinidis, Fabio Figurella, Massimo
Pieri, Riccardo Pelliccia, Anastasia Fourkiotou, Nayden Prahov, Kiril
Velkovsky, Debra Camilleri and Polyvios Raxis
Ports, harbours and anchorages
Ephesus: Reconstruction of the Harbour City of Ancient Rome in the East
Ahmet Denker and Hakan Oniz
Return to San Gottardo. Underwater archaeological research in the Grado
Island waters Massimo Capulli
Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology Changes for Kallias submerged Roman harbours
site between Ras Abo Hashfa and Ras Alam El-Rum areas, NW coast of Egypt by
R.S and GIS Samah Moustafa Abo Zeid, Magdy Torab and Adel Elsadany
Port as a complex system of relationships: some preliminary notes on the
Roman cases of Altium and Iulia Concordi Elisabetta Rosatti
The underwater surveys by MPM project in Cyprus (Limassol) Serafino
Caggiano
Seafaring and navigation
Small but gold: the flourishing mariners of Chryssi island Katerina
Famprikatzi
A retrospection on cistern-boats and a potential reappraisal of their
journeys Thomas Iossifidis
Patron deities and sacred places of ancient seafarers in the Adriatic
Lucijana eelj
Shipwrecks
A Tripolitanian cargo in the Salento waters Rita Auriemma
Tools and methods (excavation, documentation, conservation, restoration)
Two Upper Adriatic pottery skyphoi from the Vilina pilja shrine overlooking
the source of the Ombla River: traces of ancient repair and modern
intervention Martina urkovi Madiraca, Zdenka Vrgo and Domagoj Perki
The effects of the mediterranean climate over the southern sites of Ephesos
Terrace House 2 and recommended conservation strategies Ceren Gürçay
Ylmaz, Berna Çalar Eryurt and Bekir Eskici
Corrosion studies on WWI metallic ship Baron Gautsch and strategies to
protect the shipwreck Zdenka Vrgo, Roko Suri and Ian D. MacLeod
Detecting, mapping and interpreting archaeological evidence in dynamic
shallow-water environment: towards a systematic methodology Giuseppe Avola,
Livio Nardò, Sara Finale, Serafino Caggiano, Filippo Barthelemy and Tecla
Zucchi
Maritime cultural landscapes
Paths in visible waterscapes: Milesia, Maeander Valley and Kuadas bay
during the Late Bronze Age Nuray Nisan Köknar
Paleo-geomorphology of Pharos Island, Alexandria, Egypt by using
geomorphological and submerged archaeological evidence Magdy Torab
Monasteries, land and water viability: the case of Brescias territory
Carolina Simeoni
Fishing in troubled water? The Lesser Syrtis under East Roman rule (6th-7th
century CE) Tommaso Giuliodoro and Néhémie Strupler
Material culture and trade
Stages of purple dye processing and ancient laboratory facilities in the
Eastern Mediterranean area Sevasti Mouteveli
Religious life of ancient sailors in the eastern Adriatic, traces of
religious ship rituals Ivana Jadri-Kuan
Pottery sequence of the Lake Van basin within the cultural and political
framework of the highland of eastern Anatolia: from the Chalcolithic Period
to the Late Iron Age (Achaemenid) Aynur Özfrat
Tracing money in pre-Imperial period: sea routes in the Adriatic, a case
study of northern Dalmatia Mato Ilki and Lucijana eelj
A group of glass vessels from the Van archaeology museum Elif Hanar
The maritime circulation of ceramic roofing materials in the Western
Mediterranean of Roman era Caterina Tomizza
Mugs and beakers by the sea. Thin-Walled Pottery in Ionian-Adriatic area
Rita Auriemma and Carlo De Mitri
Exploring maritime trade: roman glass amphorae in the Mediterranean
Berislav tefanac
African cooking ware from the 2021 underwater excavations at Fizine
(Slovenia) Danica Mitrova and Saa Koren
Terra, Mare, aut Fluvius: evaluating potential Roman stone trade routes
leveraging geospatial models Ines Ferjan
Numismatic finds from the antique period port at Barbir in Sukoan Mladen
Pei and Mato Ilki
Eastern Mediterranean amphora networks and maritime trade in Late Antiquity
Hikmet Klnçolu and Lucia Novakova
Mladen Pei graduated in Archaeology and Geography from the University of Zadar in 2007 and began his career as a conservator-restorer of underwater archaeological finds. Since 2005 he has been involved in many underwater archaeological field works. He obtained his PhD in 2019 with the subject African imports recovered from the Croatian seabed dating from the 1st to the 5th centuries AD. He is currently working as the Director of ICUA Zadar.
Luka Bratovi obtained his Masters degree in Library Science in 2014 from the Department of Information Sciences, University of Zadar, Croatia. His career path started with the Professional Training Program at the same University. As a Graduate Librarian in 2016, the following year he received the qualification of Professional Associate Librarian. Since 2020, he has been employed at the ICUA Zadar Library.
Doris Kurtov earned a degree in English and French Language and Literature from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar in 1992. Since 2018, she has headed the International Cooperation and Funding Department at ICUA Zadar, overseeing the Centres mission, international projects, and partnerships. Previously, she spent twelve years at the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media.
Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta