`Jones’: Real archaeologists don’t have whips
May 14, 2008Well, most don’t anyway. I’m not saying I have one mind you, at least not publicly. Anyway here’s a link to the article…
Archive for the 'News' Category
Ohio Launches Shipwreck Website
May 6, 2008On the bottom of Lake Erie lie tales of drama, history and commerce. Now the state is bringing these shipwreck stories to the surface in an effort to attract divers and educate the masses.
The state just launched a Web site, www. ohioshipwrecks.org, that details 28 of the 277 known shipwrecks in Lake Erie.
Flinders University Offers Practicum in St. Augustine, Florida
March 5, 2008Flinders University in Australia will be offering an underwater archaeology practicum in St. Augustine, FL from June 30th to July 18th. This course will be hosted in partnership with the Lighthouse Archaeology and Maritime Program. Don’t miss this opportunity to work with a great bunch of instructors in a fantastic setting. See their announcement for enrollment options here.
The 2008 North East Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology
March 3, 2008The second Annual Northeast Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology, sponsored by the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) and the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM-NERR), will be held in St. Augustine, Florida from March 12th through the 15th, 2008. The Symposium includes three days of presentations by invited speakers covering a host of topics including prehistoric underwater archaeology, conservation of artifacts from underwater sites, the archaeology of shipwreck sites in Florida and around the world, management of submerged cultural resources, and graduate student archaeological research projects.
In the News
February 26, 2008Storms, shifting sands give Oregon new look at history
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — The storms that have lashed Oregon’s scenic coast this winter have dredged up an unusual array of secrets: old shipwrecks, historic cannons, ghost forests — even strangely shaped iron deposits. Read more…
Good Morning America Highlights Looters
February 18, 2008The following news segment was a headline on Yahoo.com this morning:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=6482851&=4226714&src=news=4226714&src=news
It shows an ABC anchor diving with the treasure hunters, including
using a scooter to blow away sand from a potential find. If you
watch the clip, you will hear archaeologists being dismissed
derisively at the end of the interview, with the treasure hunter
adding that he has “never yet seen an archaeologist without having an
incredible collection in his basement.” It is also insinuated that
treasure hunters are the only ones willing to spend the money to go
find these sites.
I don’t know about all of you, but I have no “collection” to boast
of. And if the public, ethically committed institutions that I am
affiliated with would have access to funding like privately owned
corporations do, I am sure we would be more than happy to record
those sites as well.
I have emailed ABC to express my displeasure that such activities
are being spotlighted and have suggested that if they’re going to do
so, that archaeologists should at least be given equal time to
present our side, not simply be summarily dismissed. I encourage
everyone who sees this to do the same as well. The feedback page for
this clip can be found here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3271346&cat=Good%20Morning%20America
Thanks for reading.
Michelle Damian
MUA Exhibits Editor.
CNN Displays the New MUA Research Car
February 16, 2008I think we need to raise some funds to by one of these.
Check out the submersible car here.
Non Profit Status !
February 15, 2008We are pleased to announce that the Museum of Underwater Archaeology has received its 501c3 non profit determination letter from the IRS. With this in hand the MUA hopes to obtain grant funding and donations from the public and companies to help us expand our projects and coverage.
We would like to thank: Mr. Bob Clark at the Flory Small Business Center, Inc. in Manassas, VA. Bob did an outstanding job in helping us put together a package that the IRS accepted without any additional questions or problems.
Thanks Bob!
How Do You Make an Underwater Archaeologist?
February 8, 2008Underwater archaeologist Mark Staniforth and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology are pleased to announce the 2008 Flinders University Field School Project Journal. Follow along as a new international group of students start their underwater training in Australia. Project journals such as this offer the public the opportunity to see how future underwater archaeologists learn the skills necessary to explore, record, preserve, and learn from submerged cultural resources.
You can view the journal here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/flinders08/flinders08_intro.shtml
We hope you enjoy this latest addition to the Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
A New Year, A New Post, A New Home Page at the MUA
January 15, 2008Happy New Year to all! We’d like to start the New Year off right with a new post to the MUA and an entirely new home page (see link below). The latest version incorporates several new features including optional navigation methods. You can now browse the site by the traditional post type, i.e. Exhibits, Project Journals, and In The Fields or you can use the map and pan across the earth to see where our projects are taking place. A third option allows you to filter the posts by content. Explore and see what works best for you.
We are also extremely pleased to bring you our first post from the UK. University of Southampton graduate student Sarah Holland has posted an introduction to her work with artefact distribution and site formation processes. Sarah will provide updates to this project in the next few months.
We would also like to announce the start of a new web tool for finding websites related to underwater archaeological projects. We have created a second Google map entitled the Worldwide Site Map. Viewers can pan across the earth to find underwater archaeological projects (in addition to those posted on the MUA) that have an associated website. Each anchor represents the project location and provides a link back to the researcher’s website. We will be adding new sites to this as fast as we can. If your underwater project has an associated website and you’d like it to be included feel free to email us the link and we’ll add it to the map (All submissions must adhere to the Society for Historical Archaeology’s code of ethics). This promises to be a great resource for students and the general public.
We hope you enjoy this latest upgrade to the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. We’d like to thank you for a great 2007 and offer you our best wishes for a happy and safe 2008.
Best regards,
T Kurt Knoerl
Director
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
