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A Synthesis of the Prehistoric Archaeological Investigations of Lake Phelps, Washington County, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)
During the mid-1980s, visitors and staff at Pettigrew State Park in Washington County, North Carolina discovered a series of prehistoric dugout canoes and associated artifacts in and around Lake Phelps. Beginning in 1985, ...
Put This in Your Pipe and Smoke it : An Evaluation of Tobacco Pipe Stem Dating Methods
(East Carolina University, 2010)
There are currently three formula dating techniques available to archaeologists studying 17th and 18th century sites using imported English clay tobacco pipe stems based on Harrington's histogram of time periods; Binford's ...
Archaeology through Art : Japanese Vernacular Craft in Late Edo-Period Woodblock Prints
(East Carolina University, 2010)
This thesis examines depictions of wooden boats in Japanese woodblock prints of the late Edo period (1603 - 1867). Watercraft were an integral part of Edo Japan, yet little Western scholarship has examined their role. The ...
At the Crossroads : Maritime Systems in Transition and the Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard in the Pasquotank River represents the largest assemblage of deliberately discarded watercraft found in North Carolina to date. Applying Annales School principles to the abandonment ...
WAVES OF CARNAGE : A HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC IN NORTH CAROLINA WATERS
(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 ...
Archaeological Evidence for the Consumption of Tobacco and Coffee in Ottoman Arabia
(East Carolina University, 2010)
This thesis is to examine the nature of the archaeological evidence for coffee and tobacco consumption in Arabia during the Ottoman period (sixteenth through the early twentieth centuries). The data used in this study are ...
The "Bohemian Girl" Project : A Steam Launch Study
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The objective of this thesis is to research Lake Waccamaw's maritime activity from 1880 to 1910. Similar research projects concerning remote lakes, like Lake Waccamaw, were conducted in areas only accessible after the ...
Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The galley of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa is currently the only large 17th century naval galley available for study. It was surveyed by the author in 2008. While the galley's wooden structure remains largely ...