Ralph K Pedersen
Ralph K. Pedersen is the founder and president of The Red Sea Institute for Anthropological Research.
He is an archaeologist specializing in the seafaring of the eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Gulf, and Indian Ocean. He is currently engaged in archaeological projects in Lebanon and in Saudi Arabia where he is conducting along with colleague Dr. Rupert Brandmeier a multi-year survey project on the Red Sea coast, which has resulted in the discovery of two shipwrecks from antiquity and a harbor site.
He has served as the DAAD Gastdozent für Nautische Archäologie at Philipps-Universität Marburg, as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Anthropology and Knapp Chair in Liberal Arts at the University of San Diego, and the Whittlesey Chair Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut.
Dr. Pedersen has been a member of the excavation of the Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey; served as daily field director for the 1991 excavation of a 17th- century wreck at Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic under USD Anthropology Associate Professor Jerome Lynn Hall; surveyed underwater in Bahrain; excavated a 1500-year-old shipwreck at Black Assarca Island, Eritrea; surveyed shipwrecks off New York's Long Island, and served as an Associate Director of India's Kadakkarapally Boat Project, which involves a thousand-year-old ship found under a coconut grove. In 2004 he conducted an underwater survey at Tell el-Burak in Lebanon, and in 2007 in the waters off the early Bronze Age tell at Fadous-Kfarabida for the American University of Beirut. He has been a Research Associate with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology since 1992.
Dr. Pedersen has been the recipient of numerous grants for research and teaching, including the Honor Frost Foundation, the Haycock Memorial Fund of the British Institute in East Africa, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Dr. Pedersen holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University.
He is an archaeologist specializing in the seafaring of the eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Gulf, and Indian Ocean. He is currently engaged in archaeological projects in Lebanon and in Saudi Arabia where he is conducting along with colleague Dr. Rupert Brandmeier a multi-year survey project on the Red Sea coast, which has resulted in the discovery of two shipwrecks from antiquity and a harbor site.
He has served as the DAAD Gastdozent für Nautische Archäologie at Philipps-Universität Marburg, as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Anthropology and Knapp Chair in Liberal Arts at the University of San Diego, and the Whittlesey Chair Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut.
Dr. Pedersen has been a member of the excavation of the Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey; served as daily field director for the 1991 excavation of a 17th- century wreck at Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic under USD Anthropology Associate Professor Jerome Lynn Hall; surveyed underwater in Bahrain; excavated a 1500-year-old shipwreck at Black Assarca Island, Eritrea; surveyed shipwrecks off New York's Long Island, and served as an Associate Director of India's Kadakkarapally Boat Project, which involves a thousand-year-old ship found under a coconut grove. In 2004 he conducted an underwater survey at Tell el-Burak in Lebanon, and in 2007 in the waters off the early Bronze Age tell at Fadous-Kfarabida for the American University of Beirut. He has been a Research Associate with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology since 1992.
Dr. Pedersen has been the recipient of numerous grants for research and teaching, including the Honor Frost Foundation, the Haycock Memorial Fund of the British Institute in East Africa, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Dr. Pedersen holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University.
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yet as an aquatic “highway” it links Europe to the Indian
Oceanworld. While the existence of Greco-Roman trade down
the Red Sea to the wider Eastern world is relatively well known,
the harbors and destinations along the shores of the Red Sea
are still being investigated. Understanding the geographical,
and indeed geological, aspect of the sea is a key factor in the
finding of ancient harbors and anchorages. Coupled with this is
the need to discern the technology of maritime tools—navigation,
ship-building technology, sailing practices—of the various eras
and cultures of the Red Sea.This paper explores these aspects
through the growing body of evidence and theory of Red Sea
maritime endeavors, as well as the author’s own archaeological
investigations in Eritrea and Saudi Arabia.
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/02/Echoes-Nabataean-Seafaring
Book Reviews by Ralph K Pedersen
Book Chapters by Ralph K Pedersen
yet as an aquatic “highway” it links Europe to the Indian
Oceanworld. While the existence of Greco-Roman trade down
the Red Sea to the wider Eastern world is relatively well known,
the harbors and destinations along the shores of the Red Sea
are still being investigated. Understanding the geographical,
and indeed geological, aspect of the sea is a key factor in the
finding of ancient harbors and anchorages. Coupled with this is
the need to discern the technology of maritime tools—navigation,
ship-building technology, sailing practices—of the various eras
and cultures of the Red Sea.This paper explores these aspects
through the growing body of evidence and theory of Red Sea
maritime endeavors, as well as the author’s own archaeological
investigations in Eritrea and Saudi Arabia.
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/02/Echoes-Nabataean-Seafaring
The last battle of the First Punic War (264-241 BC) fought in front of the Aegadian Islands is believed to be connected to two Punic shipwrecks found on the southwestern tip of Sicily in front of Marsala. Discovered, excavated and researched by Honor Frost in the 1970’s the interpretation of the Marsala I wreck promised to seemingly unravel a mystery – the excavator thought to have found an ancient warship.
The Marsala I Ship is excavated, but the “sistership” Marsala II was only surveyed for two days, so it is difficult to say what kind of ships the two wrecks with punic origin really were. New discoveries and other research results made it possible to reconsider the findings and give way for another interpretation. One of the arguments the two Punic Wrecks being warships are the structural features found on the forefoot of Marsala II, which have been purported to be the framework of a ram.
A part of this paper presents the results of an experiment conducted to better delineate the nature of the features found on the forefoot of the Marsala II shipwreck. By this it is hoped to increase our understanding of the character of the ships found at Marsala.
I apologize, this seems to be how Academia works for ppt presentations!
Three shipwrecks found, studied, excavated where possible.
Rare, in fact unique in the red sea for the date, ca 500CE.
The main one is in Eritrea, two other in the Eliza Shoal NW of Jeddah port.
Fact first presentation that direct us to the value of nautical archaeology to rewrite the history of the area via vital sea trades.
Two ways, from the Mediteranean to Arabia, Axum, Axum controlled ports and beyond.