Browsing by Subject "shipwreck"
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Analysis of the Pass Cavallo shipwreck assemblage, Matagorda Bay, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)A survey conducted in February of 1998 located an anomaly originally believed to be the remains of L'Aimable. L'Aimable was one of four ships utilized by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for his voyage to colonize ... -
Extracting Cultural Information from Ship Timber
(2012-02-14)This dissertation is rooted in one general question: what can the wood from ships reveal about the people and cultures who built them? Shipwrecks are only the last chapter of a complex story, and while the last fifty ... -
‘It Wasn't the Money Boat’: The Myth and Reality of Treasure Hunting for Western River Steamboats in the United States
(2017-06-28)This dissertation chronicles the historical record of the attempt to recover treasure from buried western river steamboats in the United States by examining the site formation of steamboat wreck sites, treasure myths, ... -
Lading of the Late Bronze Age ship at Uluburun
(, 2012-08-29)The Uluburun shipwreck was discovered in 1982 when a Turkish sponge diver informed the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) of his discovery of metal biscuits with ears. INA archaeologists recognized this as a description ... -
Laser Scanning as a Methodology for the 3-D Digitization of Archaeological Ship Timbers: A Case Study Using the World Trade Center Shipwreck
(2017-05-09)Accurate documentation of cultural heritage material is essential to its study and interpretation by archaeologists. In order to continually refine the documentation process, technological advances are incorporated into ... -
The Pantano Longarini shipwreck: a reanalysis
(2009-05-15)A late antique shipwreck was excavated in the Pantano Longarini marsh in the southeastern corner of Sicily in the 1960s. Despite its excellent preservation, problematic circumstances surrounding its excavation and publication ... -
Re-Creating the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Over the course of the school year, we intend to create a short film centered around the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. Up until this point, there has been thorough research in the conditions surrounding the sinking ... -
The Roosevelt Inlet shipwreck: identification, analysis, and historical context
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Shipwrecks have a way of catching the imagination of both professionals and the general public. During the fall of 2004 a shipwreck was discovered in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware. This vessel, believed to be British, ... -
The Construction of the CityPlace Schooner
(2019-11-08)In 2015, the wreck of the CityPlace schooner was discovered in downtown Toronto. The remains were excavated by Archaeological Services, Inc. and relocated to the Fort York National Historic Site, also in downtown Toronto. ... -
The Historical and Archaeological Analysis of the Swords of La Belle
(2019-01-04)ABSTRACT This research involves the conservation, historical and archaeological analysis of a cache of swords recovered from the 17th-century French shipwreck La Belle. The central premise of my research model is ... -
The Passenger Steamboat Phoenix: An Archaeological Study of Early Steam Propulsion in North America
(2012-08-31)The advent of steam contributed heavily to the economic transformation of early America, facilitating trade through the transportation of goods along the country’s lakes, rivers, and canals. Serious experimentation with ... -
Using Computer Vision Photogrammetry (Agisoft PhotoScan) to Record and Analyze Underwater Shipwreck Sites
(2016-03-10)In 2010, a new off-the-shelf software for Computer Vision Photogrammetry, Agisoft PhotoScan, became available to nautical archeologists, and this technology has since become a popular method for recording underwater shipwreck ...