The Investigation of the Anniversary Wreck, a Colonial Period Shipwreck off St. Augustine, Florida: Results of the First Excavation Season

Summary

In July 2015, a buried shipwreck was discovered off St. Augustine, Florida by the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, or LAMP, a non-profit organization which serves as the research arm for the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum. A 2 x 1 m test excavation revealed a remarkable amount of material culture, including two barrels, as many as six cauldrons, numerous unidentified concretions, four pewter plates, and a single sherd of brown stoneware.  The plates and ceramic tentatively dated the vessel to 1750-1800 and suggested its nationality could be Spanish or British.This is the third 18th-century shipwreck known in St. Augustine waters.  In the summer of 2016, in conjunction with its tenth annual field school and team of volunteer divers, LAMP researchers returned to the site to conduct more extensive systematic excavations. This paper summarizes the results of this first season of excavation on this shipwreck.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017   •
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