An Unexpected Spark: The Seaport Shipwreck Shines a Light on Seaport History
Author(s): Liz Neill
Year: 2020
Summary
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Urban Archaeology: Down by the Water" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In May 2016, development and construction firm Skanska discovered a terrestrial shipwreck at 121 Seaport Boulevard in Boston. They convened an archaeological team (The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., City Archaeology Program) at the site to excavate the shipwreck and a design team (Amaze Design, Copley Wolffe, Trivium Interactive) to interpret the site for public use. The shipwreck captured public imagination when it came to light. This collision of development, the digital, and history has served as a touchstone for new research into the history of Seaport, including the archival (re)discovery of Congress Street Base Ball Grounds and evidence for multiple lime ship fires in Boston Harbor.
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An Unexpected Spark: The Seaport Shipwreck Shines a Light on Seaport History. Liz Neill. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457588)
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Keywords
General
boston
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Fire
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Shipwreck
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th 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): 266