Revisiting the Little Talbot Island Shipwreck (8DU3157), a Nineteenth-Century Beached Shipwreck in Duval County, Northeast Florida

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Little Talbot Island Shipwreck, located on the beach in Little Talbot Island State Park, was initially investigated and reported by state archaeologists in 1987. When initially encountered, the site consisted of a section of hull from a composite ship measuring 16.13 m (52.92 ft.) by 5.25 m (17.22 ft.). Since that time, the position and integrity of this section of hull has been significantly impacted by successive storms. Accounts from rangers indicate it has been periodically buried and re-exposed, and has moved as much as three miles down the beach. After Hurricane Dorian in 2019, LAMP archaeologists visited the site to assess its current condition. LAMP returned in 2022 for a more thorough documentation after both Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. This paper presents an overview of this wreck as it has changed over the years, with an emphasis on how its integrity was affected after each aforementioned named storm.

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