Browsing Master's Theses by Author "Maritime Studies"
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The Impact of Empire : The Effects of British Imperial Culture on the Maritime Landscape of Bluefields Bay, Jamaica
Siegel, Benjamin D. (East Carolina University, 2011)The history of Colonial Bluefields Bay diverges from the widely accepted model of eighteenth-century histories of the British Caribbean and imperial Jamaica. The society in Bluefields was not based on sugar because local ... -
The Infamous Convict Museum Ship Success : an Archaeological Investigation of Material Culture and Identity Formation Processes
Cooper, Kathryn L. (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 ... -
The Influence of the War of 1812 on Great Lakes Shipbuilding
Kopp, Nadine (East Carolina University, 2012)The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether the War of 1812 influenced ship construction techniques on the Great Lakes. During the War of 1812, much of the fighting in the North American theater of war primarily ... -
The Joni Wreck : An Archaeological Study of Late Roman Trade Patterns in the Adriatic Sea
Stratton, Gregory Owen (East Carolina University, 2015)Current data sets for analyzing Late Roman maritime trade and economic patterns have many gaps in them regarding the Adriatic Sea. While there have been many studies of terrestrial sites and their significance, maritime ... -
Matters of Steel : Illustrating and Assessing the Deterioration of the World War II Merchant Freighter Caribsea
Fox, Kara Davis (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 ... -
The migration of the sharpie : economic, environmental, and archaeological aspects
Rotsted, Lauren A. (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, ... -
Passengers, Packages, And Copper : The Steamer Pewabic, Its Archaeology, Management, Material Culture, And The Development Of The Keweenaw Peninsula
Hartmeyer, Philip Alexander (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 ... -
PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat Archaeology and Site Formation Studies, Tanapag Lagoon, Saipan
Pruitt, James Robert (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 ... -
The Rigging and Gun Tackle Blocks of the Swedish Royal Warship Vasa
Howe, Nathaniel Frantz (East Carolina University, 2011)Rigging blocks are absolutely essential to the operation of a large sailing vessel, yet little has been published on these vital pieces of hardware. This thesis examines and analyzes the rigging and gun tackle blocks found ... -
Scattered to the Wind : An Evaluation of the Disaster Landscape of Coastal North Carolina
Jones, Jennifer E. (East Carolina University, 2012)Coastal North Carolina has had a long and intimate relationship with severe weather events, the outcome of which has affected the physical, economical, and social structures of the State. The primary objective of this ... -
SEAFARING WOMEN : An Investigation of Material Culture for Potential Archaeological Diagnostics of Women on Nineteenth-Century Sailing Ships
Seaborn, R. Laurel (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 ... -
Slops for the Tarpaulin Rabble : The Clothing of Anglo-American Sailors 1680-1740
Fictum, David (East Carolina University, 2015)This thesis defines and examines the clothes common rank Anglo-American sailors wore in the 1680 to 1740 period and concentrates on insights their attire can provide into their behaviors to provide a deeper understanding ... -
THE SWEDISH SAILOR'S TABLE : A Study of Vasa's Wooden Tableware
Gandulla, Stephanie (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 ... -
Tar River Blounts and a Transitional Maritime Cultural Landscape, 1778-1802
Edwards, Justin Randolph (East Carolina University, 2015)This thesis analyzes John Gray Blount and his associates' roles in the post Revolutionary War development of North Carolina's Tar-Pamlico maritime cultural landscape. After discussing the business interests and political ... -
The Bay Of Storms And Tavern Of The Seas : Risk In The Maritime Cultural Landscape Of The Harbor At Cape Town, South Africa
Borrelli, Jeremy Robert (East Carolina University, 2015)South Africa's connection with the sea is most prevalent in its founding harbor at Cape Town. Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the passage around the Cape of Good Hope via Table Bay represented the most important oceanic ... -
Unloading History : Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Self-Unloading Schooner-Barge, Adriatic
Zant, Caitlin N. (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 ... -
Waging War Across the Ocean
Warburton, Seth C. (East Carolina University, 2011)The Barbary Wars, fought against Tripoli from 1801-05 and Algiers in 1815, were among the first overseas operations for the young United States Navy. Historians have explored the combat that took place and chronicled the ... -
WAVES OF CARNAGE : A HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC IN NORTH CAROLINA WATERS
Wagner, John Michael (East Carolina University, 2010)By the end of World War II, the waters of North Carolina were littered with the hulks of merchant vessels and German U-boats as well as the bodies of sailors from many different nationalities. This wreckage and loss of ... -
WEAPEMEOC SHORES : THE LOSS OF TRADITIONAL MARITIME CULTURE AMONG THE WEAPEMEOC INDIANS
Petrey, Whitney R. (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 ... -
The Weeping Monument : A Pre and Post Depositional Site Formation Study of the USS Arizona
Rissel, Valerie (East Carolina University, 2012)Since its loss on December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona has been slowly leaking over 9 liters of oil per day. This issue has brought about conversations regarding the stability of the wreck, and the possibility of defueling ...