Beached Shipwreck (Other Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the "A Sudden Wreck: Interdisciplinary Research on the Spring Break Shipwreck, St Johns County, Florida" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Spring Break shipwreck washed ashore just north of St. Augustine in late March 2018. The media presence created a cultural phenomenon of the hull remains with stories and images spreading worldwide. The first four days of the project brought out thousands of people and a drive to...
Revisiting the Little Talbot Island Shipwreck (8DU3157), a Nineteenth-Century Beached Shipwreck in Duval County, Northeast Florida (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. The Little Talbot Island Shipwreck, located on the beach in Little Talbot Island State Park, was initially investigated and reported by state archaeologists in 1987. When initially encountered, the site consisted of a section of hull from a composite ship measuring 16.13 m (52.92 ft.) by 5.25 m (17.22 ft.). Since that time, the...