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DOCUMENT Citation Only Ellie Minette.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Well, Well, Well: Papers in honor of Judith A. Bense", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeology has been a Pensacola staple since Dr. Judith Bense started engaging the public with the history in their backyards. She laid the foundation for public archaeology in the city, notably through the Hawkshaw Project and the Florida Public Archaeology Network. In addition to involving local volunteers in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence Smith.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Finding the lost ships of Tristan de Luna’s fleet is a high-priority historical challenge. Florida archaeologists discovered three of the lost ships in Pensacola Bay. Applied systems engineering can help see into non-contiguous debris zones with new eyes. A 1559 hurricane destroyed ships associated with Pensacola’s first settlement. Three ships were found...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nolan E Swaim.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. After their invention during the twentieth century, fiberglass boats grew in popularity due to their quick and long-lasting construction method. Through time, these vessels have littered coastlines after natural disasters, leaving them derelict for years, resulting in boat graveyards. While these graveyards impede the environment...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Willard.

During the 2012 UWF maritime archaeological field school, a large, complex portion of ship structure was discovered directly aft of the articulated stern of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck. In addition to a small amount of ballast, the structure is comprised of planks and framing timbers along with associated artifacts. One primary focus of the past two field seasons was to determine if this structure represented additional remains of the EP II ship or if it might be the presence of an additional...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth D Benchley.

The Spanish established four presidios across West Florida between 1698 and 1763. These fortified settlements were adapted to a variety of environmental, cultural, and political conditions. The final settlement, Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola, began officially circa 1756 after Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa was destroyed by a hurricane in 1752. San Miguel, situated on the mainland, had been established as a warehouse, blockhouse, and mission after a 1740 hurricane, and by 1756 was the Spanish...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jason Raupp.

Penscola, Florida’s red snapper fishery was among the city’s most prosperous industries by the late 19th century. The vessels employed in the fishery, known locally as "snapper smacks", were heavily influenced by the evolving designs of New England fishing schooners, but adapted for conditions encountered in the Gulf of Mexico. And though these designs proved ideal for snapper fishing, external factors reduced capital in the industry and led Pensacola fish houses to simply recycle schooners...