Keith Muckelroy (1951-1980) was a pioneer of maritime archaeology. The impact of his thinking and seminal publications on the field of maritime archaeology, both past and present, is remarkable, especially when considering that his tragic death at age 29 due to a diving accident in 1980 came only six years after his graduation from the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge, and only nine years after he learned to dive. Instead of the traditional particularist or historiographic approach used by maritime archaeologists, Muckelroy’s ideas were new to the field, influenced by the prehistoric and analytical archaeology he learned under Grahame Clark and David Clarke at Cambridge, the tenets of processual archaeology gaining traction in the U.S., and his own experiences on shipwreck sites in British waters, notably the 1664 Dutch East Indiaman Kennemerland, several Spanish Armada wrecks, and the Mary Rose.
Read more about Keith Muckelroy: Research, Theories, and Publications, The Keith Muckelroy Award, Obituaries
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