Savage Meets Science: The Rebirth of Royal Savage through Modern Technology

Summary

In 2015, the Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology (UA) Branch received the remains of Royal Savage, a Revolutionary War vessel which sank in Lake Champlain in 1776 following service in the Battle of Valcour Island. UA archaeologists and conservators are employing a combination of traditional methods and modern technology to document, research and preserve this important piece of U.S. Navy history. To record the more than 50 remaining timbers, UA archaeologists are utilizing laser metrology and photogrammetry software in an effort to digitally record and possibly reconstruct the vessel. Similarly, UA conservators are working to document, research, conserve and re-treat more than 1,300 associated artifacts and employing spectroscopic and elemental analysis of certain components of the artifact collection to identify and help mitigate previous cleaning campaigns.

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Savage Meets Science: The Rebirth of Royal Savage through Modern Technology. Claudia Chemello, Shanna L Daniel, George Schwarz, Kimberly Roche. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435586)

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Keywords

Temporal Keywords
18th Century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 633