Browsing Master's Theses by Author "Richards, Nathan"
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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 ... -
Investigating Scuba Divers' Attitudes To Sustainable Shipwreck Diving In North Carolina
Duncan, James P. (East Carolina University, 2015)This study examined the ways in which NC scuba divers identify sustainable shipwreck diving activities to gain a better understanding of how their behavior impacts sustainable cultural tourism on the coast of North Carolina. ... -
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 ... -
NORMAN AND GRECIAN: A COMPARATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FORMATION ANALYSIS OF TWO STEEL-HULLED GREAT LAKES BULK CARRIERS IN LAKE HURON
O'Brien, Caleb Joseph (East Carolina University, 2022-12-05)Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) in Alpena, Michigan contains the remains of approximately 200 shipwrecks. Located within the sanctuary are two vessels, Norman (1890-1895) and Grecian (1891-1906). Both built ... -
Of Blood, Salt, and Oil: An Archaeological, Geographical, and Historical Study of North Carolina's Dolphin Fishery
Huss, George Martin (East Carolina University, 2019-04-29)The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of North Carolina's historic dolphin fishery at Hatteras and how it changed over time. Little research has been conducted to date and only echoes of the dolphin fishery's ... -
REASSESSING THE CAPE HATTERAS MINEFIELD: AN EXAMINATION OF NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL DEFENSES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Freitas, Mitchell Campbell (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)In response to the German U-boat attacks on Allied Atlantic merchant shipping during the Second World War, Ernest King, the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, approved construction of a defensive wall of naval mines ... -
Reconstructing Buffalo City (1887-1986): Applying Archaeological Site Reconstruction Techniques to a North Carolina Maritime Entrepot
Parkin, Sara Mackenzie (East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)The intent of this study is to digitally reconstruct the maritime community of Buffalo City, North Carolina in order to understand and articulate the architectural and spatial transformations that may have occurred due to ... -
Reconstructing the waterfront : an historical and archaeological examination of the ninetenth century port of Washington, NC
Nassif, William T (East Carolina University, 2020-11-05)The purpose of this project is to gather historical and archaeological data to illuminate potential relationships between economic and social trends in the construction of wharf structures and enhance our understanding of ... -
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 ... -
Shackleford Banks: Applying Archaeological and Geospatial Approaches to Maritime Settlement and Abandonment
Ellis, Kendra (East Carolina University, 2023-12-05)Shackleford Banks, North Carolina is a 14.5-kilometer barrier island that has not been permanently inhabited by humans in over a century. Before it was abandoned in the beginning of the 20th century, this island had been ... -
Ship Ashore! : The Role of Risk in the Development of the United States Life-Saving Service and its Effects on Wrecking Patterns Along the North Carolina Coast
Marano, Joshua Lynn (East Carolina University, 2012)Prior to the 1870s bloated corpses, splintered masts, and floating cargoes often littered the isolated beaches of the Eastern United States, becoming a tragic but nearly ubiquitous sight. For those in peril upon the seas, ... -
"The Bower Yet Remains": Historical and Archaeological Technomic Analysis of Anchor Design Trends in The Long Nineteenth Century
Marlowe, Elizabeth P. (East Carolina University, 2017-09-22)In the course of undertaking maritime archaeological research, archaeologists often find that anchors are without context or provenance and that the only potential identifying features lie in an anchor's design. This study ... -
THE SUBCHASER DEBATE: INFLUENCES ON U.S. SUBMARINE CHASER DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS
Cook, Joel (East Carolina University, 2021-12-06)With German U-boats wreaking havoc in the merchant shipping of the Triple Entente and increasingly jeopardizing citizens of the United States in the process, military and civilian officials in the neutral country began ... -
UNDERSTANDING “THE FOG OF WAR”: ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOSPATIAL MODELING OF NORTH CAROLINA’S TORPEDO JUNCTION
Mclellan, Tyler (East Carolina University, 2021-05-07)This thesis studies the German U-boat attacks on Allied merchant ships off the coast of North Carolina as part of the Battle of the Atlantic in the spring of 1942. Position fixing methods were not precise during the mid-20th ... -
A VIEW THROUGH THE PERISCOPE : ADVANCED AND GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION OF NAVAL BATTLEFIELDS
Sanchagrin, Stephen Paul (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 ... -
VISUALIZING PORT HISTORY: AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA’S HISTORIC WATERFRONT
Lowe, Matthew (East Carolina University, 2022-04-29)The purpose of this thesis is to combine new techniques of archaeological inquiry with established methods of data collection to gain a new understanding of the ways in which ports adapt over time. Ports and harbors have ... -
"War Is War, And I Must Carry Out My Duty": A Geospatial And Statistical Analysis of North Carolina's First World War Battlescape
Knutson, Janie Rose (East Carolina University, 2018-11-27)Although the United States was late to enter the First World War, the waters of the nation became a battlefield from 1917 onward. Ships operating along North Carolina's coast recurrently fell victim to the unrestricted ... -
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 ... -
WHAT LIES BENEATH AT THE PINE STREET BARGE CANAL BREAKWATER SHIP GRAVEYARD: SITE FORMATION PROCESSES AS A DOCUMENT OF CHANGE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT (C. 1830-1960)
Gates, Paul Willard (East Carolina University, 2019-11-14)The Pine Street Barge Canal Breakwater Ship Graveyard in the waterfront of Burlington, Vermont contains a small assemblage of abandoned vessels along the shores of Lake Champlain. Representing a span of time dating from ...