Ballot Archive

09 Dec 2021

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Garry Momber

Academic degrees, honours etc.

MSc in Marine Archaeology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1990

Profession or occupation

Director of the Maritime Archaeology Trust

Grounds for election

Garry Momber is Director of the Maritime Archaeology Trust and a Research Associate at the University of York. As a practising maritime archaeologist for over 30 years, he has assisted in the development of the discipline in the UK. He has led many pioneering projects that have been concerned with archaeological practice, training, education, dissemination, public outreach and capacity building. His area of expertise is submerged landscapes and shipwrecks, particularly in the English Channel, the Atlantic façade, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. He has over 50 publications, including a monograph on the Bouldnor Cliff underwater Mesolithic site in the Solent and papers in national and international journals, has given hundreds of presentations, and directed national and international, high level archaeological projects on underwater archaeology. He has represented UNESCO as a maritime archaeological expert in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Signatories

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