The underwater archaeology field school in Florida continues with two new
posts. The entries cover new discoveries on the 16th century wreck,
Emanuel Point II while other teams search for a third wreck from the same
period. You can view the new posts here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/wf09/wf09_week7.shtml
Also,
The next few weeks will be busy ones at the MUA with several new posts by
other researchers from around the world so check back soon.
(From the editor: Our friends at NAS sent us this note…)
Why not keep up to date with what’s happening on the Sound of Mull
Archaeological Fieldschool at http://www.mullproject2009.blogspot.com/
Big thanks to Historic Scotland for their grant support and to Lochaline Dive Centre and Colin and Paula Martin for making this happen.
Mark Beattie-Edwards,
Programme Director,
Nautical Archaeology Society,
University of West Florida field school students have posted two new
entries on their project journal. In the first new post they describe
finding a schooner in 7 feet of water near the shore in Pensacola Bay.
They have already posted a site plan of the wreck. In the second new
entry another group of students continued their work on the 16th-century
wreck, Emanuel Point II. They have posted a slide show of some recent
discoveries including bones, seeds, and what may be cross bow bolts.
You can see their two new entries here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/wf09/wf09_week5.shtml
In other news…
As part of a fund raising effort The MUA recently posted 7 books on
maritime and colonial history for sale on ebay. If you are interested in
obtaining these great books and supporting our mission please consider
visiting our page to see the titles and to place your bid.
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/kurt_mua
Remember the MUA is a 501c3 non profit organization. All contributions to
the MUA are tax deductible. Thank for your support!
Best regard,
T. Kurt Knoerl
Director
The MUA
The latest post by the University of West Florida’s underwater archaeology students helps answer that question. Get a recap of last week’s events and take a closer look at some of the artifacts discovered on the Emanuel Point II wreck.
You can view the post by clicking here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/wf09/wf09_week4.shtml
Our friends at LAMP down in St. Augustine have posted a great blog on their current field school. You can view it here:
http://www.staugustinelighthouse.com/blog/lamposts/field_school_students_take_the.php
There is nothing like a recession to get everyone thinking about value– what people value in terms of personal as well as professional ethics, and more cynically about how they themselves are valued, how much their jobs are ‘worth’ both socially and economically. Issues like this are especially important to archaeologists– or at least they should be if we are to genuinely lay claim to Mortimer Wheeler’s maxim that ‘archaeologists are digging up, not things, but people’. Identifying the tangible benefits to society of archaeology is difficult at the best of times but especially so when finances are pinched; to paraphrase from the macroeconomic term, we do not produce either guns or butter, so what is the value of our contribution? How does archaeology ‘work’ in the ‘real world’ of profit and loss?
Dave Howe of IMH provided us with a link to an interesting article on plans for a survey of what may be HMS Wolfe.
From The Province:
“A team of divers is set to plunge into Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ont., next week in a bid to confirm the discovery of a legendary Canadian-built ship from the War of 1812, the HMS Wolfe.”
You can view the full article here:
http://www.theprovince.com/Life/Divers+hope+identify+1812+warship+Lake+Ontario/1683034/story.html
University of West Florida students return to EP II 16th century shipwreck site.
The University of West Florida has begun its online project journal for summer 2009.
Co-Principal Investigator Greg Cook leads off with an entry on what students will be learning. From remote sensing to excavating a sixteenth-century shipwreck site it promises to be an exciting season.
You can view Greg’s post as well as the first student entry here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/wf09/wf09_intro.shtml
Check back later this week for entry number three.
This is a little off topic but very cool.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=214169335485&h=a-akt&u=nuMcG&ref=mf
This just in from the AP. Thanks to Dave Howe and Stephanie Meredith for passing this on to us.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_shipwreck_treasure
