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Tar River Blounts and a Transitional Maritime Cultural Landscape, 1778-1802
(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 ... -
Technical Considerations and Cultural Context: Archaeological Management of Prehistoric and Historic Wooden Canoes
(East Carolina University, 2018-03-29)Cultural resource managers often encounter historic and prehistoric wooden canoes during their field investigations or inventory processes. There is considerable variation in methods used by state entities and research ... -
TECHNOLOGY AND EMPIRE: Comparing Dutch and British Maritime Technologies During the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815)
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)The two ships, Bato (1806) and Brunswick (1805) wrecked in Simons Bay, South Africa, provide an opportunity to compare British and Dutch maritime technologies during the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815). The former was a Dutch ... -
The Bay Of Storms And Tavern Of The Seas : Risk In The Maritime Cultural Landscape Of The Harbor At Cape Town, South Africa
(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 ... -
"The Bower Yet Remains": Historical and Archaeological Technomic Analysis of Anchor Design Trends in The Long Nineteenth Century
(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 dish ran away with the spoon : revisiting unprovenienced foodways artifacts from eighteenth century Spanish fleet shipwrecks
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-06)The Spanish empire was the first European power to establish permanent settlements that flourished as New World colonies on several of the Caribbean islands and coasts of North America. The distance between Spain and the ... -
The Hull Remains of Helen C.: A Comparative Analysis of Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle-Pamlico Skipjack Shipbuilding Traditions
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Little is known about how skipjack oyster trawlers were designed, constructed, and utilized within North Carolina territorial waters. A similar dearth of information exists with regard to the wider cultural dynamic that ... -
The Pirates of the Pamlico: A Maritime Cultural Landscape Investigation of the Pirates of Colonial North Carolina and their Place in the State's Cultural Memory
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)During this period (1663-1730), North Carolina was a poor colony in the British Empire. The landscape provided ample opportunities for pirates to establish operational bases. Besides Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach, numerous ... -
The Predicament of Traditional Femininity: A Gender Material Culture Analysis of Civil War Blockade Runners
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)This thesis will seek to examine the tension between nineteenth-century Southern gender expectations of upper-class femininity contrasted with the necessities of wartime and determine if this tension is evident in the ... -
The Shifting Sands: a Study of the Maritime Cultural Landscape of New Bern, North Caorlina
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-09)The history of North Carolina’s ongoing settlement and the process of developing a future is a fascinating part of the state’s rich history. And New Bern, North Carolina had a strong maritime tradition and a unique history ... -
The Sled, the Litter, and the Plot: Finding Connections Between Mundane Material Culture From World War II's USS North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-05)USS North Carolina, a World War II battleship, which received 12 battle stars during its career, was turned into a memorial and museum in 1961 after it was decommissioned. Since then, the museum has told the story of World ... -
The Technological and Cultural Context of the North Carolina Shad Boat
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)The North Carolina shad boat was first built on Roanoke Island at the end of the 19th century and grew in popularity over the following half century among small fishermen in eastern North Carolina. Through documentation ...