ESP Biography

NICOLE CONSTANTINE, Stanford PhD candidate studying archaeology

Major: Classical archaeology

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I am a 4th year PhD candidate in Stanford's department of Classics and the Stanford Archaeology Center. My work is focused on the Hellenistic Mediterranean (the period of time after Alexander the Great's conquests), and I'm interested in the movement of people, ideas and materials, especially over the sea! I have worked as an archaeologist both on land and underwater and my dissertation is all about shipwrecks and the daily life of the sailors who lived onboard.

Past Classes

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L8191: Shipwreck Archaeology in Splash Fall 2025 (Nov. 15 - 16, 2025)

This course will provide a quick overview of the methods, technologies and questions that guide archaeologists in exploring ancient Mediterranean shipwrecks. Then we will dive into discussion of several important shipwreck sites and unpack what they can tell us about life in the ancient Mediterranean.