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Rachel Matheny
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    • Quid est nauta: Reconstructing the Sociocultural Existence of Roman Nautae
    • The Archaeology of Death and Memory in the Brazos Valley
    • Late Bronze Age Uluburun Shipwreck
    • Agency in Legacy Collections
    • Mile Marker 77
  • Experience
    • Excavations
    • Deckhand
    • Remote Survey Data Analyst
    • Mallows Bay-Potomac RiverNational Marine Sanctuary
Rachel Matheny
  • Home
  • About
  • Projects
    • Quid est nauta: Reconstructing the Sociocultural Existence of Roman Nautae
    • The Archaeology of Death and Memory in the Brazos Valley
    • Late Bronze Age Uluburun Shipwreck
    • Agency in Legacy Collections
    • Mile Marker 77
  • Experience
    • Excavations
    • Deckhand
    • Remote Survey Data Analyst
    • Mallows Bay-Potomac RiverNational Marine Sanctuary
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    • Home
    • About
    • Projects
      • Quid est nauta: Reconstructing the Sociocultural Existence of Roman Nautae
      • The Archaeology of Death and Memory in the Brazos Valley
      • Late Bronze Age Uluburun Shipwreck
      • Agency in Legacy Collections
      • Mile Marker 77
    • Experience
      • Excavations
      • Deckhand
      • Remote Survey Data Analyst
      • Mallows Bay-Potomac RiverNational Marine Sanctuary


E/V Nautilus Expeditions to Turkey

Remote Survey Data Analyst




This expedition explored the deep coastal waters off the coasts of Turkey and Cyprus collecting geological, biological, archaeological, and chemical data and exploring depths up to 2,000 meters. Explored areas included the Black Sea, Southeastern Aegean Sea, Anaximander Mountains, and Eratosthenes Seamount.

I assisted with interpreting ROV video data from five Roman shipwrecks surveyed by the team near the Datça Peninsula, Turkey identifying and dating artifacts and hull remains, providing tentative interpretations such as whether the site was a shipwreck, jettisoned cargo, a trawler dumpsite, etc., and finding comparative examples from contemporary terrestrial sites.

Conferences & Publications

Davis, Dan, Andrei Opait, and Rachel Matheny. 2021. "A Case Study of Rhodian Wine Export in the Early Roman Empire". Skyllis 21: 76-90.


Deep-water Roman Shipwrecks Near the Datça Peninsula: Knidos J, K, R, X, and Z Wrecks

Archaeological Oceanography in the Mediterranean and Black Sea: A Symposium on the E/V Nautilus and STS Bodrum Expeditions to Turkey

October 2014

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