Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
ABOUT
Veronica Morriss is a maritime archaeologist and PhD candidate at the University of Chicago (NELC). She received her MA from the Nautical Archaeology program at Texas A&M and is a research associate at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Her dissertation examines the development of the Islamic maritime frontier, showing how it functioned simultaneously as a barrier and a bridge between the Islamic and Byzantine worlds. Her dissertation deconstructs existing frameworks that emphasize narratives of decline, abandonment, and conflict in the eastern Mediterranean, and uses frontier theory to explore the political processes, economic exchange, and cross-cutting social networks that bridged geographical, social, and ideological borders. Veronica has worked on archaeological projects around the globe, including terrestrial sites in Egypt, Israel, Vietnam, and Hawaii, underwater excavations in Alexandria, Greece, Bermuda, and Tobago, and deepwater surveys off Crete and Israel.
Discipline
Archaeology
Sub Areas
Mediterranean Studies
7th-13th Centuries
Trade/Investment
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arabian Peninsula
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
Specialties
Maritime Archaeology
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Education
MA
| 2017
| Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
| University of Chicago
MA
| 2012
| Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology Program)
| Texas A&M University
BA
| 2007
| Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
| Pennsylvania State University
Abstracts
Persistent Pathways – the Rise of Maritime Connectivity in the Early Islamic Red Sea
