Results of the 2021 Underwater Archaeological Excavations at Fort Mose (8SJ40)

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Fort Mose Above and Below: Terrestrial and Underwater Excavations at the Earliest Free Afro-Diasporic Settlement in the United States" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP), the research arm of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum, in 2021 partnered with Flagler College and the University of Florida to conduct terrestrial and underwater excavations at the site of Fort Mose, the first free Afro-Diasporic settlement in the U.S. dating to between 1738 and 1763. With funding from a Hurricane Irma National Park Service subgrant, much of the maritime research was focused on erosion impacts on the site, where the original footprint of the 1752 fort now lies underwater in the creek bed. To better understand the impacts of coastal erosion, excavation units were placed underwater and on the margin between land and water. This paper presents the results of the 2021 underwater investigations at Fort Mose.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Fort Mose Above and Below: Terrestrial and Underwater Excavations at the Earliest Free Afro-Diasporic Settlement in the United States   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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