Revolutionary War Ship, Wood Identification, Pollen, Phytolith Analysis (Other Keyword)
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IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD AND POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF BILGE SEDIMENT FROM A SHIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENOBSCOTT EXPEDITION (1999)
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Five ship wood samples were submitted for identification. Sediment from the bottom of the bilge also was examined for both pollen and phytoliths. This ship is believed to have been part of the Revolutionary War Penobscott Expedition. In 1779, an expeditionary force consisting of Federal Navy, Massachusetts Navy, and privateers headed up the Penobscott River in Maine to attack a British fort at the mouth of the river. The American ships were trapped, then scavenged and burned. Wood samples...