Arnold's Bay Project
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2022
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project," at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In 2020, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum was awarded an NPS American Battlefield Protection Program grant to survey the Revolutionary War battlefield in Arnold’s Bay. General Benedict Arnold burned the remaining vessels of the American fleet at this site to prevent their capture by the British during the last engagement in the northern theatre at the end of the 1776 campaign season. Research goals for this project were to use remote sensing techniques underwater and on land to define site boundaries and locate battlefield features. The Museum worked in collaboration with Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Abenaki leaders and partnered with Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist group to lead a course in metal detecting on the terrestrial portion of the battlefield. This symposium was organized to showcase findings, methodology, and collaborations, and to celebrate new archaeological research at this site for the first time in 35 years
Other Keywords
Revolutionary War •
Material Culture •
Battlefield •
Survey •
Metal Detecting •
Lake Champlain •
Revolution •
Vermont •
underwater metal detecting survey •
underwater methodology
Geographic Keywords
Champlain Valley •
New England •
Northeast US
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The American Revolution Underwater: Methodologies for Mapping Battlefields in Lake Champlain (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Champlain Valley, including the bottomlands of Lake Champlain, is home to several Revolutionary War battlefield sites. Methodologies used for mapping the underwater sites are specially tailored to their environments and utilize modern technologies. The Valcour Bay Research Project (1999-2005) mapped the American line of defense between Valcour Island...
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The Arnold's Bay Project: Introduction and Background (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In October of 1776 a tiny bay on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain was the site of the final encounter of the three-day Revolutionary War Battle on Lake Champlain. In this location, formerly known as Ferris Bay, five colonial vessels, under the command of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, were burned to deny their capture by the pursuing British...
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The Artifacts of Arnold’s Bay: Following the Diaspora of Material Culture Over Time (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper will explore the material culture associated with Arnold’s Bay, a Revolutionary War battlefield site, from the pre-Columbian era through the Revolution and into today. Since the battle took place, people have been removing objects from the site starting with British salvage efforts, to local relic hunters, through an era of avocational...
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View from the Shore: AMDA Collaborations at Arnold's Bay and Beyond (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since 2011, Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA) has conducted over 15 trainings across the United States, providing instruction in metal detecting for professional archaeologists, THPO staff, and avocational detectorists. Courses include technical training with both classroom and field instruction, with a focus on commitment to ethical...