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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TAPHONOMIC EFFECTS OF ANIMAL SCAVENGING
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Numerous environmental and human-induced variables that affect decomposition can cloud accurate estimations of the postmortem interval (PMI). For instance, scavenging animals can remove soft tissue and disarticulate and ...
Unloading History : Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Self-Unloading Schooner-Barge, Adriatic
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, the Great Lakes were at the center of rapid technological advancements in shipping and shipbuilding. The diverse demands for trade and unique geographic characteristics of ...
PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat Archaeology and Site Formation Studies, Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The focus of this thesis is the further study of both pre- and post-depositional site formation processes that affect submerged WWII aircraft, specifically an unidentified US Navy Consolidated PB2Y Coronado flying boat in ...
CATASTROPHIC DISASTER IN THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD : CHASING THE GREAT STORM OF 1913
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The Great Lakes host thousands of shipwrecks. The Lakes are positioned to receive the blunt force of two polar fronts during the winter season, this can result in cataclysmic storm activity. In 1913, the two fronts combined ...
The migration of the sharpie : economic, environmental, and archaeological aspects
(East Carolina University, 2015)
In the late nineteenth century, the United States saw the development of a crucial working vessel type, the sharpie. This thesis will demonstrate that as the sharpie migrated south down the east coast of the United States, ...
Matters of Steel : Illustrating and Assessing the Deterioration of the World War II Merchant Freighter Caribsea
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this thesis is to acquire historical and archaeological datasets for the illustration and interpretation of site formation processes affecting a World War II merchant shipwreck, and to use this data to develop ...
Under the Sand Dunes : the Search for the Eliason House and the Socioeconomic Status of its Inhabitants
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Eliason House was built for Fort Macon's commanding officer and family on Bogue Banks, North Carolina. The house stood for 35 years before being burned early in the Civil War and, until 2001, no systematic excavations ...
The Infamous Convict Museum Ship Success : an Archaeological Investigation of Material Culture and Identity Formation Processes
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis examines the relationship between material culture and the formation of cultural identity through an analysis of the artifact assemblage from the former traveling museum ship, Success. Before sinking near Port ...
A Determination Worthy of a Better Cause : Naval Action at the Battle of Roanoke Island 7 February 1862
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War, was one of the first major amphibious landing operations in U.S. military history. As the Union Army landed troops on the island, an accompanying Union Naval ...
SEAFARING WOMEN : An Investigation of Material Culture for Potential Archaeological Diagnostics of Women on Nineteenth-Century Sailing Ships
(East Carolina University, 2014)
During the 19th century, women went to sea on sailing ships. Wives and family accompanied captains on their voyages from New England. They wrote journals and letters that detailed their life on board, adventures in foreign ...