“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
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Schuler, Jillian Michele
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Abstract
Before General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, he scuttled a portion of his shipping fleet along the Yorktown riverbank to defend the town from a Franco- American amphibious attack. An environment rife with maritime material culture, the river has been subject to formal and informal salvage, including a joint effort in the 1930s by the Mariners’ Museum and the National Park Service that produced a significant artifact assemblage with minimal archaeological context. This thesis will attempt to contextualize the 1930s salvaged assemblage of York River through an artifact pattern developed from four case studies: HMS Invincible (1758), HMS Swift (1770), General Carleton (1785), and Betsy (1781). The artifact pattern presents potential archaeological distinctions between British naval and merchant vessels during the second half of the 18th century.
Date
2023-05-03
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APA:
Schuler, Jillian Michele.
(May 2023).
“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/12884.)
MLA:
Schuler, Jillian Michele.
“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
May 2023. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/12884.
April 29, 2024.
Chicago:
Schuler, Jillian Michele,
““GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
May 2023).
AMA:
Schuler, Jillian Michele.
“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
May 2023.
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