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Passengers, Packages, And Copper : The Steamer Pewabic, Its Archaeology, Management, Material Culture, And The Development Of The Keweenaw Peninsula
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Pewabic was a passenger/package freight propeller with multiple identities that will serve in this study to better understand the tourism explosion and the copper boom of the Great Lakes during the Civil War. The hybrid ...
A VIEW THROUGH THE PERISCOPE : ADVANCED AND GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION OF NAVAL BATTLEFIELDS
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Battlefield visualizations have existed for nearly ten thousand years and are found in almost all corners of the world. These may range from simple representations of opposing hunting parties depicted in Neolithic cave art ...
THE SWEDISH SAILOR'S TABLE : A Study of Vasa's Wooden Tableware
(East Carolina University, 2014)
On 10 August 1628, Swedish warship Vasa sailed out of port on its maiden voyage, and in a light gust, quickly sank to the bottom of Stockholm Harbor. For more than three centuries, what should have been the pride of the ...
Characterizing the Deceased Mariners of the Swedish Warship Vasa : An Analysis of Personal Possessions Found in Association with Human Remains
(East Carolina University, 2014)
On August 10, 1628, as onlookers watched in dismay, the newest and most powerful warship in Northern Europe, a symbol of the prestige and power of Sweden and Sweden's King Gustav II Adolf, heeled over and sank in Stockholm ...
Revisiting the Port of Brunswick : A Research Design for the Waterfront of Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site, Winnabow, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Since the fall of 2010, a series of colonial period wharves and other features have been revealed as a result of erosion along the banks of the Cape Fear River at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow, ...
WEAPEMEOC SHORES : THE LOSS OF TRADITIONAL MARITIME CULTURE AMONG THE WEAPEMEOC INDIANS
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Weapemeoc were an Indian group of the Late Woodland Period through the Early Colonial Period (1400 A.D.-1780 A.D.) that went through significant cultural change as they were displaced from their traditional maritime ...
A Comparative Analysis of Paleopathology and Mortuary Practices at West Site (31CK22), Currituck County, NC
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Previous research on Late Woodland North Carolina has explored how transitions such as agricultural intensification or the arrival of European settlers have impacted the biology of coastal populations. This thesis details ...
Determining Seasonal Corrosion Rates in Ferrous-Hulled Shipwrecks : A Case Study of the USS Huron
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This is a study designed to examine if there are seasonal environmental factors that affect the corrosion rates of ferrous-hulled shipwrecks in an archaeological setting. The remains of USS Huron, a warship that sank off ...
The Value of Maritime Archaeological Heritage : An Exploratory Study of the Cultural Capital of Shipwrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks are the remains of ships spanning hundreds of years of history, architecture, technology, industry, and maritime culture. Potentially more than 2,000 ships have been lost in ...