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Barges, Battlefields, and Ferry Slips: A Study of Archaeological Findings and Site Formation Processes in Rockley Bay, Tobago
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-14)The Rockley Bay Research Project (RBRP), under the auspices of the University of Connecticut and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, conducted surveys and excavations between 2012 and 2016 in search of the vessels lost ... -
The Battle of Antietam: A Turning Point in the War
(2014)The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day of the American Civil War and is considered one of the major turning points of the war. This battle was the first of two attempts by Robert E. Lee to go on the offensive ... -
Bermuda's First Maritime Heritage Trail: The Practical Archaeology of Maritime Heritage Trails and Interpretation Technologies
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)This thesis explores the applicability of a maritime cultural heritage trail that would grant more public accessibility to shipwrecks and maritime sites, while discerning prevailing cultural themes from the analysis of ... -
Bessie and the Manigaults: Reconstructing a Plantation Boat and Antebellum Boating Culture in South Carolina Rice Country
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Bessie is a plantation boat originally constructed and owned by the Manigault family of South Carolina. It was built and used on a mid-nineteenth century rice plantation, and is now a permanent exhibit in the Charleston ... -
Black Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: An Exploration of Shipwreck Search Modeling in the Search for SS William Rockefeller
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-04)The waters off the North Carolina coast are home to a veritable graveyard of shipwrecks. Many were destroyed by the eternal enemies of all ships--storms, fire, and grounding--but many others have fallen victim to the ravages ... -
BRACTEATES AS INDICATORS OF NORTHERN PAGAN RELIGIOSITY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
(East Carolina University, 2012)This thesis investigates the religiosity of some Germanic peoples of the Migration period (approximately AD 300-800) and seeks to overcome some difficulties in the related source material. The written sources which describe ... -
The Canoe House in Traditional Hawaii
(1998-11)