Northeast Florida (Geographic Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Fort Mose Above and Below: Terrestrial and Underwater Excavations at the Earliest Free Afro-Diasporic Settlement in the United States" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The site of Fort Mose has a complex history involving multiple occupations by different groups between 1738 and 1812. Other earthwork and wooden installations were also constructed in the area during these 75 years, most of which have not yet...
Maritime Heritage at Risk: The Hurricane Irma Damage Assessment and Mitigation Strategy (HIrmaDAMS) Project (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Fort Mose Above and Below: Terrestrial and Underwater Excavations at the Earliest Free Afro-Diasporic Settlement in the United States" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2020, the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) received a Hurricane Irma National Park Service Subgrant to assess and mitigate, or recommend future mitigation activities, for maritime archaeological sites impacted...
Results of the 2021 Underwater Archaeological Excavations at Fort Mose (8SJ40) (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Fort Mose Above and Below: Terrestrial and Underwater Excavations at the Earliest Free Afro-Diasporic Settlement in the United States" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP), the research arm of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, in 2021 partnered with Flagler College and the University of Florida to conduct terrestrial and underwater excavations...
Searching for WWII Naval Heritage in the St. Johns River: the 2022 Survey at Green Cove Springs (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Whalers to World War II: Guam Underwater Archaeology", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Green Cove Springs was the site of a WWII naval airfield and housed over 300 ships from the mothballed Atlantic Fleet following the war. At least one F4F Wildcat plane wreck and one landing craft wreck were known to be at the bottom of the river adjacent to the air station. In 2022, the Lighthouse Archaeological...
Tides of Time: Climate Change and its Impact on the Maritime Archaeological Sites of Fort Mose and Tolomato Bar Anchorage (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This study delves into the intersection of climate change and maritime archaeology, focusing on two sites within St. Augustine, Florida: Fort Mose and the Tolomato Bar Anchorage. We chart the impact of shifting environmental conditions, illuminating the urgent threats they pose to our understanding of history. Drawing on GIS and...