CATASTROPHIC DISASTER IN THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD : CHASING THE GREAT STORM OF 1913

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dc.contributor.advisorRodgers, Bradley A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKerfoot, Saraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMaritime Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-04T19:55:22Z
dc.date.available2015-06-04T19:55:22Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Great Lakes host thousands of shipwrecks. The Lakes are positioned to receive the blunt force of two polar fronts during the winter season, this can result in cataclysmic storm activity. In 1913, the two fronts combined to create one of the most devastating maritime disasters in Great Lakes' history. Close to 300 people died, with 40 commercial vessels badly damaged or sunk, creating the largest fiscal disaster to ever hit the Great Lakes. The storm affected all five Great Lakes. This thesis, therefore, looks at the possibility of connecting shipwrecks within the archaeological record to the storms that wrecked them. This thesis will account for not only wind direction in conjunction with bow heading, but will look at variables that may also affect wrecking patterns, such as wooden or steel construction, and sail or steam propulsion.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent129 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4941
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectStatisticsen_US
dc.subjectChi-squareen_US
dc.subjectGreat Lakes (North America)en_US
dc.subjectRetrospective numerical modelen_US
dc.subjectSPSSen_US
dc.subjectWeather patternsen_US
dc.subjectWhite Hurricaneen_US
dc.subject.lcshArchaeological surveying--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.subject.lcshUnderwater archaeology--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.subject.lcshBlizzards--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.subject.lcshWinter storms--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.subject.lcshShipwrecks--Great Lakes (North America)
dc.titleCATASTROPHIC DISASTER IN THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD : CHASING THE GREAT STORM OF 1913en_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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