Saving Spitfire: Planning for 2026

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Since the discovery of the Revolutionary War gunboat Spitfire in 1997, there have been ongoing discussions of how best to manage this remarkable site which rests in the cold dark waters of Lake Champlain. Through the support of a National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program planning grant, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, in collaboration with other regional stake holders and technical experts have developed a research design and project to conduct targeted excavations and hull documentation of the gunboat commencing in 2026. This presentation will cover the collaborative process and outline project goals and the methodologies that will be utilized to gain a better understanding of this remarkable cultural resource.

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• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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