Pennsylvania Archaeological Shipwreck and Survey Team – A New Professional/Avocational Maritime Archaeology Organization

Summary

 PASST, the Pennsylvania Archaeological Shipwreck and Survey Team, was founded in 2013 as a collaboration between the Erie Regional Science Consortium, Pennsylvania Sea Grant, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and local constituents. The organization focuses on the submerged cultural heritage of the Pennsylvania portion of Lake Erie through education, outreach, and site documentation to inform divers and the general public of the importance and fragility of Pennsylvania’s underwater sites.  PASST has successfully developed a secondary education program, a museum exhibit, and assisted in the nomination of a NOAA National Marine Sanctuary. PASST has also taught two underwater archaeology recording courses to increase diver awareness and build a cadre of divers to record existing shipwrecks. Initiatives in the near future include developing a website and listing known wrecks in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission site files.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions) 2017   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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