Evaluating the Brass Pin Wreck as a Cultural and Biological Resource Within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Brass Pin Wreck, located with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), is representative of a 19th century composite hulled sailing vessel. This site is known by its numerous bronze pin hull fasteners and its main feature, a large iron mast. In May 2021, Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science sent a team of divers to survey the site for the first time post-hurricane. This site boasts vast biology, providing shelter for marine vertebrates and a substrate for coral growth. A high quality photogrammetric model was created of the mast, providing an asset for post fieldwork examination and determining biological and structural change of the feature over time. Additionally, investigation into previous fieldwork and primary sources may elucidate the identity of the shipwreck, which has been purported by some to be the Slobodna, a sailing vessel that wrecked in 1887.

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• 2022 SHA Poster Submissions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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