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February, 2017

KEVIN JAMES CRISMAN

Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology Department

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4352

(979)-845-6696 / [email protected]

● DEGREES RECEIVED

1986 to 1989 Ph.D. American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Dissertation: The Jefferson: The History and Archaeology of an American

Brig from the War of 1812.

1985 to 1986 M.A. American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1981 to 1984 M.A. Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology Program), Texas A&M

University, College Station, Texas. Thesis: The Eagle: An American Brig

on Lake Champlain During the War of 1812.

1977 to 1981 B.A. Anthropology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Senior

Honors Thesis: Mississquoi River Archaeological Assessment.

● ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2015 to Present Professor, Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology Department,

Texas A&M University.

1996 to 2015 Associate Professor, Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology

Department, Texas A&M University.

1990 to 1996 Assistant Professor, Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology

Department, Texas A&M University.

● RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Nautical archaeology of the Early Modern era (15th to 20th Centuries); construction and outfitting

of ships; seafaring, shipboard life, and maritime communities; North American river, lake, and

canal navigation; 19th century steamboats and ship propulsion technology; Warships and naval

technology, 1450-1950; War of 1812 naval design and construction.

mailto:[email protected]

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● ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

2014-2017 Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard Survey, Lake Champlain,

Vermont. Co-Principal Investigator.

2010-2011 English Galleon Warwick (1619) Excavation Project, Bermuda. Faculty

Advisor.

2002 to 2017 Western River Steamboat Heroine (1832-1838) Excavation Project,

Oklahoma. Principal Investigator.

2002 Mica Deep-Water Wreck Study (U.S. Navy NR-1 Submarine 825-meter

deep Survey), Gulf of Mexico. Co-Principal Investigator.

1997 to 1998 Lake Champlain Shipwreck Recording Projects, Lake Champlain

Vermont. Co-Principal Investigator.

1995 to 2001 Azores Shipwreck Survey and Documentation Project, Azores Islands,

Portugal. Principal Investigator.

1995 Brig Linnet and Gunboat Allen (1814) Excavations, Lake Champlain, New

York Co-Principal Investigator.

1993 to 1994 Lake Schooner Water Witch (1832-1866) Documentation, Lake

Champlain, Vermont. Principal Investigator.

1992 to 1993 Mount Independence (1776-1777) Underwater Survey and Artifact

Recovery Project, Lake Champlain, Vermont. Project Archaeological

Principal Investigator.

1992 Screw-propeller Steamboat Indiana (1858) Documentation, Lake

Superior, Whitefish Point, Michigan. Institute of Nautical Archaeology-

Smithsonian Institution joint project. Faculty Advisor.

1989 to 1993 Burlington Bay Horse-Powered Ferryboat (c. 1830) Excavation, Lake

Champlain, Vermont. Principal Investigator.

1988 to 1989 Canal Schooner O. J. Walker (1862) Study, Lake Champlain, Vermont,

Co-Principal Investigator.

1986 Pennsylvania Shipwreck Survey, Philadelphia and Erie, Pennsylvania.

Hull recorder.

1985 to 1987 Lake George Bateau (1758) Study, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain

Lake, New York. Principal Investigator.

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1985 Browns Bay Gunboat (c.1815) Study, Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada. Hull

Recorder.

1985 Lower Town Bateaux (c.1750) Excavations, Quebec City, Quebec,

Canada. Hull Recorder.

1984 to 1989 Brig Jefferson (1814) Study, Lake Ontario, Sackets Harbor, New York.


1983 to 1985 Sloop Boscawen (1759) Excavation, Fort Ticonderoga, New York. Co-


1983 and 1986 Yorktown Shipwreck (1781) Project, Yorktown, Virginia. Hull Recorder.

1982 to 1984 Lake Champlain Shipwreck Survey and Evaluation Program. Project

Archaeological Director.

1982 Schooners Hamilton and Scourge (1813) Remotely-Operated Vehicle

Survey. Archaeological Draftsman.

1981 to 1983 Macdonough Warship Squadron (1814) Study, Lake Champlain,

Whitehall, New York. Principal Investigator.

1981 to 1984, Canal Schooner General Butler (1862) Study, Lake Champlain. Co-

Principal Investigator. 1993 to 1995

1981 to 1983 Schooner Ticonderoga (1814) Study, Whitehall, New York. Principal

Investigator.

1980 Steamship Phoenix (1819) Study, Lake Champlain. Archaeological

Draftsman.

1980 to 1981 Mississquoi River Archaeological Assessment. Archaeological Field and

Archival Research for University of Vermont Senior Honors Thesis.


1980 Huari Site (c. 700 C.E.) Excavation, Ayacucho, Peru. Field and

Laboratory Assistant.

1977 to 1980 Prehistoric Site Surveys and Excavations, University of Vermont. Field

and Laboratory Assistant.

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● PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

2014 Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812. Ed Rachal Foundation

Nautical Archaeology Series, Texas A&M University Press, College Station,

Texas, x, 415pp. A contributed-chapter book with 13 chapters by 12 authors.

Book editor and sole author of the introduction, three section introductions, three

chapters, the conclusions, and second author of one chapter.

Awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ in ‘U.S. Naval History’ category, John Lyman

Book Awards, North American Society for Oceanic History, 2015.

1998 When Horses Walked on Water: Horse-powered Ferries in Nineteenth-century

America. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., xviii, 292 pp. Primary

author (10 of 11 chapters), with Arthur Cohn.

1987 The Eagle: An American Brig on Lake Champlain During the War of 1812. The

New England Press and the Naval Institute Press, Shelburne, Vermont and

Annapolis, xii, 276 pp.

1986 Of Sailing Ships and Sidewheelers: The History and Nautical Archaeology of

Lake Champlain. The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier,

Vermont, 37 pp.

1983 The History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga. Eyrie

Publications, Alexandria, Virginia, vii, 82 pp.

Refereed Journal Articles

2015 The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: Propulsion

Machinery. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. Vol. 44, No. 1. First

author, with Glenn Grieco.

2014 The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA:

construction. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp.

128-150.

2013 A Taphonomic Evaluation of Three Intact Pork Barrels from the Steamboat

Heroine (1838). Historical Archaeology, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 71-85. Second

author, with Juliet K. Brophy.

2013 The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA:

excavations, summary of finds, and history. International Journal of Nautical

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Archaeology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 365-381. First author, with William B. Lees and

John Davis.

2012 The Heroine of Louisville: Archaeological Discoveries from an 1830s-Era

Western River Steamboat. Ohio Valley History, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 43-67.

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries

2011 Chapter 27: The Archaeology of Steamships. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of

Maritime Archaeology, Donny L. Hamilton, Ben Ford, and Alexis Catsambis, eds.

Oxford University Press, pp. 610-628.

2009 Heroine. In The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Volume I, A-L,

Dianna Everett, ed. Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, pp. 677-678.

2005 Horse Ferry, Lake Champlain. In Beneath the Seven Seas, Adventures with the

Institute of Nautical Archaeology, George F. Bass, ed. Thames and Hudson,

London, pp. 218-219.

2005 The Red River Steamboat. In Beneath the Seven Seas, Adventures with the

Institute of Nautical Archaeology, George F. Bass, ed. Thames and Hudson,

London, pp. 220-221.

2004 Chapter Ten: Sails on an Inland Sea: The Evolution of Lake Champlain’s Sailing

Merchant Fleet. In A Philosophy of Shipbuilding: Conceptual Approaches to the

Study of Wooden Ships, Fred M. Hocker and Cheryl Ward, eds. Texas A&M

University Press, College Station, pp. 137-162.

2002 Chapter Five: The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain. In International

Handbook of Underwater Archaeology, Janet F. Barstad and Carol V. Ruppé, eds.

Kluwer Academic and Plenum Publishers, pp. 55-74. Primary author, with Arthur

B. Cohn.

1999 Afterword: The Archaeological Legacy of the War of 1812. In Norman Ansley,

Vergennes, Vermont and the War of 1812. Brooke Keefer Limited Publications.

Severna Park, Maryland, pp. 216-219. Second author, with Arthur Cohn.

1998 Chapter One: Captain Ridgely's Command: The Archaeology of the War of 1812

Brig Jefferson. In A Fully Accredited Ocean, Victoria Brehm, ed. University of

Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, pp. 19-44.

1997 Boscawen; Eagle; Horse Ferry Wreck; Jefferson; Niagara; Water Witch. In The

British Museum Encyclopaedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology, James

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P. Delgado, ed. British Museum Press, London, pp. 69-70, 136, 197-198, 217-

218, 296-297, 462.

1994 Chapter Ten: Lake Champlain Nautical Archaeology Since 1980. In The Journal

of Vermont Archaeology, Volume I, David Starbuck, ed. Vermont Archaeological

Society, Burlington, Vermont, pp. 153-166. Primary author, with Arthur Cohn.

1988 Chapter Seven: Struggle for a Continent: The French and British in North

America. In Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas, George F. Bass, ed. Thames

and Hudson, Ltd., London, pp.129-148.

1988 Chapter Nine: The War of 1812. In Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas,

George F. Bass, ed. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, pp. 169-188. Second

author, with Kenneth A. Cassavoy.

1985 Whitehall – Eagle. In A Report on the Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain,

Volume 2, R. Montgomery Fischer, ed. Champlain Maritime Society, Burlington,

Vermont, pp. 13-17.

1985 Isle La Motte Marble Sloop Project. In A Report on the Nautical Archaeology of

Lake Champlain, Volume 2, R. Montgomery Fischer, ed. Champlain Maritime

Society, Burlington, Vermont, pp. 27-29.

1984 General Butler Project. In A Report on the Nautical Archaeology of Lake

Champlain, Volume 1, Arthur B. Cohn, ed. Champlain Maritime Society,

Burlington, Vermont, pp. 21-25.

1984 Basin Harbor Project. In A Report on the Nautical Archaeology of Lake

Champlain, Volume 1, Arthur B. Cohn, ed. Champlain Maritime Society,

Burlington, Vermont, pp. 41-44.

1984 Whitehall Project. In A Report on the Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain,

Volume 1, Arthur B. Cohn, ed. Champlain Maritime Society, Burlington,

Vermont, pp. 47-65.

Published Conference Papers

1996 The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain: Research from 1980 to 1995.

Underwater Archaeology, Stephen R. James and Camille Stanley, eds. Society for

Historical Archaeology, pp. 105-111.

1993 A Horse-powered Sidewheel Ferry Sunk in Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain.

Underwater Archaeology Proceedings from the Society for Historical

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Archaeology Conference, Shelli O. Smith, ed. Society for Historical Archaeology,

pp. 49-54.

1983 The United States 20-Gun Brig Eagle. Underwater Archaeology: The

Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on Underwater Archaeology, Calvin

R. Cummings, ed. Society for Historical Archaeology, pp. 45-47.

Non-Refereed Articles

2014 Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard. INA Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 16-

21. First author, with Carolyn Kennedy.

2013 Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine in 1838.

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. XCI, No. 3, pp. 260-295. First author, with Nina

Chick and John Davis.

2011 Meet John De Lapa: An Introduction to INA’s Newest Chairman of the Board.

The INA Quarterly, Vol. 38, Nos. 2 and 3, p. 6.

2011 Steaming Along: Research and Reconstruction of the Steamboat Heroine. Center

for Maritime Archaeology & Conservation News & Reports, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 7-

9.

2009 New World Laboratory. Center for Maritime Archaeology & Conservation News

& Reports, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 14-17.

2007 Easy as One-Two-Three: Completing the Steamboat Heroine Excavation, 2005-

2006. The Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 3-12.

2005 News from the Red River: A Mid-Season Update on the Steamboat Heroine. The

Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 3-6. Second

author, with Heather Brown.

2005 The Heroine of the Red River. The Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly,

Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 3-10.

2005 All Aboard. Driving Digest Equine Magazine, No. 133, January-February, pp. 32-

36.

2004 Hoofbeats Across the Water. Dig, Vol. 6, No. 8, pp. 16-19.

2003 History in the Water - Lake Champlain. Maritime Life and Traditions, No. 21, pp.

26-41. Second author, with Arthur Cohn.

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2003 Beneath the Red River’s Waters: The Oklahoma Steamboat Project, Part I. The

INA Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 3-8. First author, with William Lees.

2001 The Shipwrecks of Angra Bay, 2000-2001. The INA Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4,

pp. 3-10. First author, with Caterina Garcia.

2000 Horse Power at Chilo. Timeline, The Magazine of the Ohio Historical Society,

Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 38-41.

1999 Angra A: The Copper-fastened Wreck at Porto Novo (Angra do Heroísmo,

Azores-Portugal). Revista Portuguesa de Arqueologia, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 249-254.

First author, with Brian Jordan.

1999 Angra B: The Lead-sheathed Wreck at Porto Novo (Angra do Heroísmo, Azores-

Portugal). Revista Portuguesa Arqueologia, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 255-262.

1999 Looking for Ships: The 1998 Central Azores Shipwreck Survey. The I.N.A.

Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 3-9.

1999 J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology: George F. Bass, 1999.

Historical Archaeology, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 1-4.

1998 Crossroads of the North Atlantic: The 1996 and 1997 Angra Bay Shipwreck

Surveys, Terceira Island, Azores, The I.N.A. Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 3-11.

1995 “Coffins of the Brave”: A Return to Lake Champlain’s War of 1812 Ship

Graveyard. The I.N.A. Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 4-8.

1993 Relics of the Revolution and a Schooner Called Water Witch. The I.N.A.

Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 22-30.

1992 Horseboat, Canal Boat, and Floating Bridge: The 1992 Field Season on Lake

Champlain. The I.N.A. Quarterly, Vol.19, No. 4, pp. 17-20.

1992 Two Deck Lights from the U.S. Navy Brig Jefferson (1814). Seaways' Ships in

Scale, Vol. III, No. 6, pp. 48-50.

1991 Nautical Archaeology: The Lake Brigs Jefferson and Eagle. Seaways, Vol. II, No.

4, pp. 5-9.

1991 Horsepower on the Water: The Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Project. The I.N.A.

Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 12-15.

1990 Nautical Archaeology in the Americas - A View from 1990. The I.N.A.

Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 4-7.

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1989 Mr. Eckford's Brig Jefferson. The I.N.A. Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 10-14.

1989 Cleared For Action: Inland Navies in the War of 1812. Timeline, The Magazine of

the Ohio Historical Society, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 2-19.

1985 The Construction of the Boscawen. The Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga

Museum, Vol. XIV, No. 6, pp. 356-369.

1985 The Fort Ticonderoga King’s Shipyard Excavation: The Artifacts. The Bulletin of

the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Vol. XIV, No. 6, pp. 375-436.

1985 Lake Site Offers Abundant Remains. The I.N.A. Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 4, p. 12.

1985 The Construction of the U.S. Navy Brig Eagle. Champlain Maritime Society

Soundings, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 10-11.

1984 The Schooner Ticonderoga. Champlain Maritime Society Soundings, Vol. 4, No.

1, p. 1.

1984 The Sunken Treasures of Lake Champlain. Vermont Life, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6,

pp. 36-39. Primary author, with Arthur Cohn.

1982 The Macdonough Fleet Project. Vermont History News, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 72-74.

Museum Exhibit Catalogue

2002 From Ships to Shore: Antique Maps and Ship Models from the Collection of Mr.

& Mrs. F. Carrington Weems. The J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M

University, College Station TX. 8 pp. Editor (text researched and written by

Nautical Archaeology Program Graduate students in Anth 628 seminar).

Book Reviews

2015 Review: White Ensign Flying. Corvette HMCS Trentonian. Roger Litwiller. The

Northern Mariner, Vol. XXV, No. 3, pp. 321-323

2015 Review: The Ship That Held Up Wall Street. Warren C. Riess and Sheli O. Smith.

Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 26-27.

2015 Review: A Maritime Archaeology of Ships. Innovation and Social Change in

Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Jonathan Adams. The Northern Mariner,

Vol. XXV, No. 2, p. 163.

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2014 Review: The Steamboat Bertrand and Missouri River Commerce. Ronald R.

Switzer. Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. XCII, No. 2, pp. 237-239.

2014 Review: Hunting the Essex: A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814

by Midshipman Allen Gardiner. John S. Rieske, ed. Nautical Research Journal,

Vol. 59, No. 2.

2013 Review: The Archaeology and History of the Flower of Ugie Wrecked 1852 in the

Eastern Solent, Julian Whiteright and Julie Satchell, eds. International Journal of

Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2013, pp. 233-234.

2011 Review: The First HMS Invincible (1747-58) Her Excavations (1980-1991). John

Bingeman. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 40, No. 2,

September, 2011, pp. 455-456.

2010 Review: Mary Rose, your noblest shippe: anatomy of a Tudor warship (The

Archaeology of the Mary Rose 2), Peter Marsden, ed. Antiquity, Vol. 84, Issue

325, pp. 913-914.

2009 Review: Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America, Ann Norton

Greene. The Journal of American History, (December), pp. 838-839.

2007 Review: X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy, Russell K. Skowroneck

and Charles R. Ewan, eds. The Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 63, No.

2, pp. 296-297.

2006 Review: The French Navy and the Seven Years’ War, Jonathan R. Dull. The

Journal of American History, (June), p. 186.

2003 Review: Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay: The War of 1812 and

its Aftermath, Barry Gough. The Journal of American History, (September), p. 24.

2002 Review: Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost

Confederate Submarine, Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf. Archaeology, Vol. 55,

No. 4, p. 58.

2002 Review: Steamboat Connections: Montreal to Upper Canada, 1816-1848, Frank

Mackey. Vermont History, Vol. 70 (Summer-Fall), pp. 174-176.

2002 Review: Archaeology and the Social History of Ships, Richard A. Gould.

American Antiquity, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 377-378.

1999 Review: From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, Richard

V. Francaviglia. The Journal of American History, (June), pp. 233-234.

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1992 Review: The Short Life of an Unlucky Spanish Galleon, Los Tres Reyes, 1628-

1634, Carla Rahn Phillips. The INA Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 15.

Contract Research Reports

2016 Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard 2015 Season. Final Report for the

National Park Service, 37 pp. Second author, with Carolyn Kennedy.

2009 Red River Steamboat Heroine: Summary of 2009 Conservation and Research.

Report submitted to the Oklahoma Historical Society, 31 pp. First author, with

Glenn Grieco, Nina Chick, and Heather Jones.

2007 The Red River Steamboat Excavation: Summary of 2006 Field Season and

Outline of Future Research and Publication. Report submitted to the Oklahoma

Historical Society, 20 pp.

2004 2003 Discoveries: The Hull. Report submitted to the Oklahoma Historical

Society, 31 pp.

2004 The Last Voyage of the Red River Wreck: Identifying the Steamboat and Its

Cargo. Report submitted to the Oklahoma Historical Society, 20 pp.

2000 Lake Champlain Underwater Cultural Resources Survey, Volume II 1997 Results

and Volume III: 1998 Results. Report prepared by the Lake Champlain Maritime

Museum, Basin Harbor, Vermont, 218 pp. Seventh author, with Arthur B. Cohn,

Christopher Sabick, Anne Lessmann, Scott McLaughlin, Peter Barranco, Oscar

Blasingame, Frederick Fayette, Billie-Jo Gauley, Patricia Manley, Thomas

Manley, Scott Padeni and David Robinson.

1999 Lake Champlain, Lake George, and the Upper Richelieu River Naval and Military

Vessel Inventory, 1742-1836. Report prepared by the Lake Champlain Maritime

Museum, Basin Harbor, Vermont, iv, 250 pp. Third author, with A. Peter

Barranco, Arthur B. Cohn, Dennis M. Lewis, and Timothy D. Titus.

1996 Underwater Historic Preserve Feasibility Study of the Lake Champlain Steamboat

Champlain II, Westport, Essex County, New York. Report prepared by the Lake

Champlain Maritime Museum, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, xi, 214 pp. Third author,

with Arthur B. Cohn, Elizabeth Baldwin, and Scott A. McLaughlin.

1995 The 1992 Mount Independence Phase One Underwater Archaeological Survey.

Demonstration Report No. 4B, Lake Champlain Basin Program, ii, 78 pp.

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1993 The Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Wreck and the Era of Horse-powered

Watercraft. Report prepared for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation,

Montpelier, Vermont, x, 252 pp. Primary author, with Arthur Cohn.

1993 The Lake Champlain Schooner Water Witch. Report prepared for the Vermont

Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont, iv, 71 pp. Primary

author, with Arthur Cohn.

1990 Report of the Phase 1 In-Water Archaeological Survey in the Waters Surrounding

the Crown Point State Historic Site. Report prepared for the New York Bureau of

Historic Sites, Waterford, New York, v, 68 pp. Second author, with Arthur Cohn.

1990 “The Singular Horse Ferry-boat," A Report on the Archaeology of the Burlington

Bay Horse Ferry Wreck. Report prepared for Vermont Division for Historic

Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont, iv, 68 pp.

1989 An Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed Pipeline Corridor, Main

Navigation Channel, Gananoque Extension. Report prepared for Beak

Consultants, Ltd., Ontario, Canada, 34 pp. Second author, with Arthur Cohn.

1988 Sackets Harbor Project: The Archaeological Study of a U.S. Navy 20-gun Brig

from the War of 1812. Report prepared for the National Geographic Society, 29

pp. First author, with Arthur Cohn.

1988 The 1988 Sackets Harbor Project: Summary of Fieldwork. Report prepared for the

New York Bureau of Historic Sites, Waterford, New York, 17 pp. First author,

with Arthur Cohn.

1988 The 1987 Archaeological Investigation of the U.S. Navy Brig Jefferson. New

York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the

National Geographic Society, ix, 324 pp. First author, with Arthur Cohn.

1988 The 1987 Shoreline Survey of the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site.

Report prepared for the New York Bureau of Historic Sites, Waterford, New

York, 39 pp. Second author, with Arthur Cohn.

1988 The 1987 Fort Niagara Waterfront Survey. Report prepared for the Old Fort

Niagara Association, Youngstown, New York, iii, 54 pp. Second author, with

Arthur Cohn.

1986 Phase 1 Underwater Archaeological Assessment for the Proposed Marina Project

by Northshore Development, Inc. Report prepared for the Northshore

Development Corporation, Burlington, Vermont, iv, 37 pp. Second author, with

Arthur Cohn.

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1985 The 1985 Underwater Archaeological Survey of the War of 1812 Brig in Sackets

Harbor, New York. Report prepared for the New York State Bureau of Historic

Sites, v, 108 pp. First author, with Arthur Cohn.

● RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED

2015 Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Claude Duthuit Award ($25,000). Shelburne

Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard, Lake Champlain, 2016 Project. Prepared with co-

Principal Investigator and Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology Program graduate

student Carolyn Kennedy.

2015 National Maritime Heritage Grants Program, National Park Service ($26,953.50).

Lake Champlain Steamboat Winooski Archaeological Investigation, 2015.

Prepared with co-Principal Investigator and Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology

Program graduate student Carolyn Kennedy.

2015 Oklahoma Historical Society ($70,560). Construction of Two Display Models of

the Reconstructed Western River Steamboat Heroine for the Oklahoma History

Center. Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation.

2015 Institute of Nautical Archaeology ($10,000). Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat

Graveyard Survey Project. Prepared with co-Principal Investigator and Texas

A&M Nautical Archaeology Program graduate student Carolyn Kennedy.

2014 Institute of Nautical Archaeology ($3,000). Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat

Graveyard Survey Project. Prepared with co-Principal Investigator and Texas

A&M Nautical Archaeology Program graduate student Carolyn Kennedy.

2013 Oklahoma Historical Society ($27,875). Construction and Installation of Supports

for Paddle Wheel Machinery at the Oklahoma History Center. Contract for

preparation of artifact exhibition. Center for Maritime Archaeology and

Conservation.

2009 to 2010 Oklahoma Historical Society ($38,650). Red River Steamboat Excavation:

Analysis and Preparation of Publications. Contract for post-excavation

cataloguing and analysis.




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2007 Institute of Nautical Archaeology and RPM Nautical Foundation ($5,000).

External grant for post-excavation cataloguing and analysis of the Red River

Steamboat hull and artifacts.

2006 Oklahoma Historical Society ($93,780). Red River Steamboat Wreck Excavation

Project. Contract for archaeological fieldwork in Fort Towson, Oklahoma.





2003 Texas A&M Office for the Vice President of Research ($9,182). Computer

Mapping of the Red River Steamboat Wreck. Internal grant for web mapping

software for hull recording.



2002 U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service ($250,623).

Archaeological Data Recovery on a Historic Shipwreck in the Mississippi Canyon

Area, Gulf of Mexico. Co-principal investigator with Dr. William R. Bryant,

Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography. Contract for

archaeological fieldwork on a shipwreck in 2,900 feet of water.

2001 Institute of Nautical Archaeology ($19,000). External grant for Texas A&M –

Institute of Nautical Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.

2000 Mr. Harry Kahn ($1,000). Private grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical

Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.

2000 Discovery Fund ($20,000). External grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical


1999 Mrs. Sylvia Baird ($40,000). Private grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical


1999 Discovery Fund ($10,000). External grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical


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1997 Azorian Regional Government ($20,000). Contract for sub-bottom profiler and

magnetometer surveys of Angra Bay, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.

1996 Texas A&M University Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Grant Program

($22,050). Angra Bay Survey. Co-principal investigator with Dr. William R.

Bryant, Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography. Internal grant for

Texas A&M-Institute of Nautical Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.

1996 Museu de Angro do Heroismo ($17,150). Contract for sub-bottom profiler survey

of Angra Bay, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.

1996 Mr. Harlan Crow ($4,000). Private grant for purchase of equipment for

underwater fieldwork in Lake Champlain.

1996 Mrs. Sylvia Baird ($40,000). Private grant for Texas A&M-Institute of Nautical


1995 Mr. Harlan Crow ($3,000). Private grant for purchase of equipment for

underwater fieldwork in the Western Hemisphere.

1994 United States Navy Department Legacy Grant Program ($40,000). Lake

Champlain Naval Shipwreck Inventory and Management Project. Contract for

historical and archaeological research on naval wrecks in Lake Champlain. Co-

principal investigator with Arthur B. Cohn, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

1994 Texas A&M University Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activity

($5,000). Search for the Canal Schooner Troy. Internal grant for a two-week

electronic instrument survey.

1994 Lintillac Foundation ($5,000). Search for the Canal Schooner Troy. External grant

for a two-week electronic instrument survey.

1993 Lake Champlain Basin Studies Program ($3,000). Water Witch Project. External

grant for archaeological study of the schooner Water Witch. Co-principal

investigator with Arthur B. Cohn, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

1993 Mr. Ray H. Seigfreid II ($4,225). Water Witch Project. Private grant for

archaeological study of the schooner Water Witch.

1993 Vermont Division for Historic Preservation ($75,000). Mount Independence

Artifact Recovery Project. Contract for underwater archaeological research on a

Revolutionary War site. Co-principal investigator with Arthur B. Cohn, Lake

Champlain Maritime Museum.

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1993 Vermont Division for Historic Preservation ($7,500). Steamer Champlain II

Survey Project. Contract for archaeological study of a sidewheel steamboat

wreck. Co-principal investigator with Arthur B. Cohn, Lake Champlain Maritime

Museum.

1992 Vermont Division for Historic Preservation ($15,000). Burlington Bay Horse

Ferry Project. Contract for archaeological research on the horse ferry sunk in

Lake Champlain. Co-principal investigator with Arthur B. Cohn, Lake Champlain

Maritime Museum.

1991 Cecil Howard Charitable Trust ($500). Burlington Bay Horse Ferry Project.

External grant for archaeological research on the horse ferry sunk in Lake

Champlain.

1988 National Geographic Society Research Grant ($13,860). Sackets Harbor Project.

External grant to support fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.

1988 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation ($10,000).

Sackets Harbor Project. Contract for fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.

1988 Cecil Howard Charitable Trust ($1,000). Sackets Harbor Project. External grant

for fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.

1987 National Geographic Society Research Grant ($8,910). Sackets Harbor Project.

External grant for fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.


Sackets Harbor Project. Contract for fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.

1987 Cecil Howard Charitable Trust ($1,000). Sackets Harbor Project. External grant

for fieldwork on the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.


Sackets Harbor Project. Contract for survey of the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.

● PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Symposia Organized

2016 Lake Champlain: 19th Century Ships, 21st Century Archaeology. Symposium

organized for the 49th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference,

Washington, D.C. (with Carolyn Kennedy).

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2014 ‘Coffins of the Brave’. Symposium organized for the North American Society for

Oceanic History Conference, Erie, Pennsylvania.

2014 Steamboat Archaeology in North America. Symposium organized for the 47th

Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Quebec City, Quebec

(with George Schwarz).

2013 Steamboat Archaeology. Symposium organized for the North American Society

for Oceanic History Conference, Alpena, Michigan.

2012 Shipwrecked in the Indian Territory: The Archaeology of the Western River

Steamboat Heroine. Symposium organized for the North American Society for

Oceanic History Conference, Galveston, Texas.

2011 Revisiting Heroine and the Red River. Symposium organized for the 44th Annual

Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Austin, Texas (with Heather

Jones).

2007 Heroine! Rediscovery and Excavation of an Early Western River Steamboat.

Symposium organized at the 40th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia (with William Lees).

2004 Pork and Paddle Wheels: Recent Research on Oklahoma’s Red River Wreck.

Symposium Organized at the 37th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (with William Lees).

2000 The Naval War of 1812 on North American Lakes: An Archaeological

Perspective. Symposium organized at the 33rd Annual Society for Historical

Archaeology Conference, Quebec City, Quebec.

1996 Beneath Mountain Waves: The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain.


Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio (with Arthur B. Cohn).

1995 Merchant Steam Ships. Symposium organized at the 27th Annual Society for

Historical Archaeology Conference, Washington, D.C.

1993 Ship Construction Techniques and Vessel Design in the Western Hemisphere.


Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

Invited Lectures

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2014 Shipwrecked on the Western Frontier: Archaeological Discoveries from the

Steamboat Heroine. Lecture given at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,

Fort Worth, Texas.

2014 The Archaeology of the Heroine and the Evolution of the Western Steamboat.

Lecture given at the annual conference of the Nautical Research Guild, St. Louis,

Missouri.

2014 Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812. Lecture given at the

annual meeting of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Darwin,

Australia.

2014 Coffins of the Brave: The Fate of Lake Champlain’s 1814 Warships. Lecture

given at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, Vermont.

2011 Shipwrecked in the Indian Territory: Archaeological Exploration of the Early

Steamboat Heroine. Keynote lecture given at the Filson Institute Public

Conference “Floating Palaces? Steamboating in the Ohio Valley and Beyond,”

The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Ohio.

2011 Shipwreck Surveys in Portugal’s Azores. Lecture sponsored by the Bermuda

National Museum, Tucker Point, Bermuda.

2011 Lives on the Mississippi: An Archaeological Exploration of the Steamboat

Heroine. Lecture given at the Glasscock Center Spring Symposium ‘Cultured

Sustenance’, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

2010 Heroine of the Western Frontier: The Archaeology of an Early American River

Steamboat. Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Series, J. Richard Steffy

Lecture in Maritime Archaeology. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

2008 Heroine of the Western Rivers: The History and Architecture of Oklahoma’s Red

River Steamboat Wreck. Plenary session lecture given at the Annual Meeting of

the Oklahoma Historical Society, Ardmore, Oklahoma.

2008 Shipwreck Surveys in Portugal’s Azores: Five Hundred Years of Maritime

History. Lecture given at the Marine Archaeology Symposium, Oklahoma

University Center for Classical Archaeology and Civilization, Norman,

Oklahoma.

2008 The Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838: A Mississippi River-Type Paddle Steamer

Sunk in the Red River. Lecture given at the Marine Archaeology Symposium,

Oklahoma University Center for Classical Archaeology and Civilization, Norman,

Oklahoma.

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2008 The Discovery of Two War of 1812 U.S. Navy 20-Gun Brigs Sunk in the North

American Lakes. Lecture given at the Marine Archaeology Symposium,

Oklahoma University Center for Classical Archaeology and Civilization, Norman,

Oklahoma.

2007 Something New Under the Sun: An Archaeological View of Steam Power on

North American Waters. Lecture given as part of the Lyceum Series, Minnesota

Marine Art Museum and Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota.

2007 Oak and Iron, Used Sparingly: The Artifacts and Architecture of the Western

River Steamboat Heroine. Invited lecture given at the Annual Meeting of the

Oklahoma Historical Society.

2007 “Coffins of the Brave”: Nautical Archaeology and the Lake Warships of 1812-

1815. Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Historical Society,

Vermillion, Ohio.

2005 Oklahoma’s Red River Steamboat Wreck. Lecture given at the opening of the

Oklahoma Historical Society’s History Center, Oklahoma City.

2004 Wreck on the Red. After-dinner lecture given at the 75th Annual Meeting of the

Texas Archaeological Society, College Station, Texas.

2003 Shipwrecks of the Azores. Keynote Speaker, Underwater Archaeological Society

of British Columbia’s 17th Annual Shipwrecks Conference, Vancouver, British

Columbia.

2001 Shipwrecks and Archaeology in Portugal’s Azores Islands. Archaeological

Institute of America Lecture Series. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

Michigan.


Institute of America Lecture Series. Michigan State University, East Lansing,

Michigan.


Institute of America Lecture Series. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin.

2001 North Atlantic Crossroads: Archaeological Survey for Shipwrecks in the Azores

Islands of Portugal. Archaeological Institute of America, McCann-Taggart

Lecture in Underwater Archaeology. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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2001 Coffins of the Brave: The Nautical Archaeology of the War of 1812 on the Lakes.

Archaeological Institute of America, McCann-Taggart Lecture in Underwater

Archaeology. University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.



Archaeology. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.



Archaeology. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

2000 The Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain. Lecture for the Western Ship Model

Conference and Exhibit, Long Beach, California.

1999 Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain. Lecture given to the Texas A&M-

Galveston Marine Sciences Program, Galveston, Texas.

1998 Nautical Archaeology. Lecture given at the Texas A&M-Galveston Campus-wide

symposium. Galveston, Texas.

1995 The Institute of Nautical Archaeology: Shipwreck Research Around the World.

Lecture given at the Museu de Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores.

1993 The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain. Anthropology Department

Distinguished Alumni Lecture, University of Vermont.

1988 Reconstructing the War of 1812 U.S. Navy Brig Jefferson. National Museum of

American History Fellows Lecture, Smithsonian Institution.

1986-1988 Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Lecture Series, Vergennes, Vermont. (also in

1991-1992, 1999, 2002).

1985-1987 University of Pennsylvania Museum Lecture Series.

Presentations at International and National Conferences

2016 Lake Champlain Steamboat Archaeology: A 15-Minute Primer. Paper presented

at the 49th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Washington,

D.C.

2015 “The Americans Build Their Ships Much Faster Than We Do”: Archaeological

Comparison of United States and Royal Navy Building on the Lakes, 1812-1815.

Session: Technological Answers to Maritime Problems: Ship Design and

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Construction in the Early Modern Western World. Paper presented at the 129th

annual meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City.

2014 Two Hundred Years Later: U.S. Navy Shipbuilding on the Lakes in 1814. Paper

presented at the North American Society for Oceanic History Conference, Erie,

Pennsylvania.

2014 Heroine and the Evolving Traits of Early Western River Steamboats. Paper

presented at the 47th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference,

Quebec City, Quebec.

2013 Heroine: An Archaeological Peek at the Evolution of Early Western River

Steamboats. Paper presented at the North American Society for Oceanic History

Conference, Alpena, Michigan.

2012 Heroine: Reconstruction of an Early Western River Steamboat. Paper presented at

the North American Society for Oceanic History Conference, Galveston, Texas.

2011 Heroine: Further Adventures in the Reconstruction of an Early Western River

Steamboat. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, Austin, Texas.

2009 Recent Archaeological Research: Four Shipwreck Studies. Paper given at the

Discovery and Conservation of Underwater Heritage Research Symposium,

China-U.S. Relations Conference, Beijing, China.

2009 The Hamilton and Scourge Shipwreck Site Condition Survey 2008. Symposium

discussant at the 42nd Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference,

Toronto, Ontario.

2009 Cheap, Fast and Dangerous: Creating the Western River Steamboat. Paper

presented at the 42nd Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference,

Toronto, Ontario.

2007 Oak and Iron, Used Sparingly: The Assembly of the Western River Steamboat

Heroine. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.

2005 Starting at the End: Recording, Reconstructing, and Modeling the Stern of the

Western River Steamboat Heroine. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Society for

Historical Archaeology Conference, York, England.

2004 “I Hardly Know What to Liken Them To”: The Design and Construction of

Oklahoma’s Red River Steamboat Wreck. Paper presented at the 37th Annual

Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

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2003 Commerce on a Narrow Inland Sea: The Nautical Archaeology of Lake

Champlain. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Symposium on Boat and Ship

Archaeology, Roskilde, Denmark.

2000 The Brigs Jefferson, Eagle, and Niagara: Designing and Building U.S. Navy War

of 1812 Lake Warships. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Society for Historical

Archaeology Conference, Quebec City, Quebec.

1996 The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain: Research from 1980 to 1995.

Paper presented at the 28th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1995 Steam and Sails on Lake Champlain: The Wreck of the Schooner Water Witch.

Paper Presented at the 27th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology

Conference, Washington, D.C.

1993 The Design and Construction of a Horse-Powered Sidewheel Ferry Sunk in

Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Society for

Historical Archaeology Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

1992 Freshwater Clipper: The War of 1812 Brig Jefferson. Paper presented at the 24th

Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.

1987 Colonial Bateaux: Their Use and Construction. Paper presented at the 18th Annual

Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Savannah, Georgia.

1985 The Construction and Rigging of the 16-gun Sloop Boscawen. Paper presented at

the 16th Annual Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Boston,

Massachusetts.

1984 The Reconstruction of the 20-gun Brig Eagle. Paper presented at the 15th Annual

Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.

1983 The History and Construction of the United States 20-gun Brig Eagle, Lake

Champlain, 1814. Paper Presented at the 14th Annual Society for Historical

Archaeology Conference, Denver, Colorado.

Presentations at Regional Conferences

2007 One Size Does Not Fit All: Finding Creative Solutions to Common Shipwreck

Archaeology Challenges. The Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Historical

Society Marine Archaeology Survey Team, Vermillion, Ohio.

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2006 The Red River Steamboat Project: TEA-21 and Interpretation of Oklahoma’s

Early Transportation Heritage. 18th Annual Preservation Conference, Oklahoma

Historical Society, Wilburton, Oklahoma. Co-presented with John Davis.

2002 Vital Information from Deep Sites: What Do Archaeologists Require from ROV

Surveys? Marine Technology Society Maritime Archaeology Conference,

sponsored by C&C Technologies, Texas A&M University, College Station,

Texas.

● COURSES TAUGHT – TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (2011-2016)

Course No. Course Title Sem/Yr Enrollment

Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Fa 2016 Grad: 5

Anth 685 Directed Studies Fa 2016 Grad: 1

Anth 691 Research Fa 2016 Grad: 5

Anth 691 Research Su 2016 Grad: 2

Anth 485 Directed Studies Su 2016 U/G: 1

Anth 685 Directed Studies Sp 2016 Grad: 1

Anth 691 Research Sp 2016 Grad: 5

Anth 603 Seafaring Life and Maritime Communities Fa 2015 Grad: 6

Anth 660 Field Archaeology Su 2015 Grad: 1

Anth 330 Field Archaeology Su 2015 U/G: 6

Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2015 G: 4

Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Sp 2015 U/G: 18

Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Fa 2014 Grad: 6

Anth 660 Field Archaeology Su 2014 Grad: 5

Anth 330 Field Archaeology Su 2014 U/grad: 1

Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2014 Grad: 10




Anth 685 Directed Studies Fa 2013 Grad: 1


Anth 691 Research Su 2013 Grad: 2

Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2013 Grad: 6

Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2013 Grad: 10



Anth 485 Directed Studies Sp 2013 U/grad: 1





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Anth 628 New World Seafaring Fa 2011 Grad: 5


Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2011 Grad: 7

Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2011 Grad: 8


Other courses taught 1990-2010: Anth 616 Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ships, Anth

489 Nautical Archaeology of the Discoveries, Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas,

Anth 313 Historical Archaeology.

● RECORD OF GRADUATE ADVISING

Chair of Completed Graduate Committee (14 Ph.D., 38 M.A.)

Heather Hatch, Ph.D. (August, 2013) Harbour Island: The Comparative Archaeology of a

Maritime Community, xvii, 364 pp.

George Schwarz, Ph.D. (December, 2012) The Passenger Steamboat Phoenix: An

Archaeological Study of Early Steam Propulsion in North America, xvi, 345 pp.

Alexis Catsambis, Ph.D. (August, 2012) Preserving the Submerged and Coastal Maritime

Heritage of the United States, xviii, 406 pp.

Katie Bojakowski, Ph.D. (May, 2011) Exploration and Empire: Iconographic Evidence of

Iberian Ships of Discovery, xliv, 999 pp.

Ben Ford, Ph.D. (August, 2009) Lake Ontario Maritime Cultural Landscape, xvii, 516 pp.

Kroum Batchvarov, Ph.D. (August, 2009) The Kitten Shipwreck: Archaeology and

Reconstruction of a Black Sea Merchantman, xviii, 326 pp.

Wendy Van Duivenvoorde, Ph.D. (May, 2008) The Batavia Shipwreck: An Archaeological

Study of an Early Seventeenth-Century Dutch East-Indiaman (accepted for publication by Texas

A&M University Press), xxx, 561 pp.

David Stewart, Ph.D. (May, 2004) 'Rocks and Storms I'll Fear No More': Anglo-American

Maritime Memorialization, 1700-1940, xix, 309, pp.

Ayse Atauz, Ph.D. (May, 2004) Trade, piracy, and naval warfare in the central Mediterranean:

the maritime history and archaeology of Malta (published by University Press of Florida, 2008),

xxvii, 445 pp.

Eric Emery, Ph.D. (August, 2003) The Last of Mr. Brown's Mosquito Fleet: A History and

Archaeology of the American Row Galley Allen on Lake Champlain, 1814 – 1825, xiv, 340 pp.

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Filipe Castro, Ph.D. (August, 2001) The Pepper Wreck: A Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of

the Tagus River (published by Texas A&M University Press, 2005), xvii, 307 pp.

Joseph Cozzi, Ph.D. (August, 2000) The Lake Champlain Sailing Canal Boat, xiv, 227 pp.

John Bratten, Ph.D. (May, 1997) The Continental Gondola Philadelphia (published by Texas

A&M University Press, 2002), xv, 332 pp.

Margaret Leshikar-Denton, Ph.D. (December, 1993) The 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail, Cayman

Islands, British West Indies: A Historical Study and Archaeological Survey, xxviii, 454 pp.

Mara Deckinga, M.A. (December, 2016) Arctic Steam and Sail: Reconstructing HMS Pioneer.

Stephanie Koenig, M.A. (August, 2016) Common Men in Uncommon Times: Analyzing the

Daily Lives of American Civil War Sailors Using Personal Narratives.

Carolyn Kennedy, M.A. (August, 2015) Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard:

Archaeological Investigation of Four Steamboat Wrecks, xi, 154 pp.

Nina Chick, M.A. (August, 2015) The Cargo of the Steamboat Heroine and the Army of the

Frontier, 1838, xii, 230 pp.

Jessica Stika, M.A. (August, 2013) The Conservation and Analysis of Small Artifacts from the

Site of Westfield, xiii, 209 pp. (Co-chaired with Donny Hamilton).

Bradley Krueger, M.A. (May, 2012) Anthony Wayne: The History and Archaeology of an Early

Great Lakes Steamboat, xviii, 380 pp.

Lindsey Thomas, M.A. (August, 2011) The A.J. Goddard: Reconstruction and Material Culture

of a Klondike Gold Rush Sternwheeler, xix, 257 pp.

LeeAnne Gordon, M.A. (May, 2009) Newash and Tecumseth: Analysis of Two Post-War of

1812 Vessels on the Great Lakes, xv, 279 pp.

Andrew Roberts, M.A. (December, 2008) Great Republic: a historical and archaeological

analysis of a Pacific mail steamship, x, 128 pp.

Bridget McVae, M.A. (May, 2008) The Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck: Identification, Analysis, and

Historical Context, x, 139 pp.

Catharine Corder, M.A. (December, 2007) La Belle: Rigging in the Days of the Spritsail

Topmast, A Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Ship's Rig, xv, 370 pp.

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Daniel Walker, M.A. (December, 2006) The Identity and Construction of Wreck Baker: A War

of 1812 Royal Navy Frigate, xi, 118 pp.

Peter E. Flynn, M.A. (May, 2006) H.M.S. Pallas: Historical Reconstruction of an 18th-Century

Royal Navy Frigate, xiv, 215 pp.

Josh Levin, M.A. (May, 2006) Western Empire: The Deep Water Wreck of a Mid-Nineteenth

Century Wooden Sailing Ship, x, 145 pp.

Kelly Van Horn, M.A. (December, 2004) Eighteenth Century Colonial American Merchant

Ship Construction, ix, 238 pp.

Susan Vezeau , M.A. (December, 2004) The Mepkin Abbey Shipwreck: Diving into Mepkin

Plantation's Past, x, 94 pp.

Toby Jones, M.A. (May, 2004) The Mica shipwreck: Deepwater nautical archaeology in the

Gulf of Mexico, xii, 191 pp.

Christopher Sabick, M.A. (May, 2004) His Majesty's Hired Transport Schooner Nancy, ix, 133

pp.

Sara Hoskins, M.A. (December, 2003) 16th Century Cast-Bronze Ordnance at the Museu de

Angra do Heroismo , xii, 152 pp.

Sara Brigadier, M.A. (December, 2002) The Artifact Assemblage from the Pepper Wreck: An

Early Seventeenth Century Portuguese East-Indiaman That Wrecked in the Tagus River, xiv, 156

pp.

Kroum Batchvarov, M.A. (May, 2002) The Framing of Seventeenth-Century Men-of-War in

England and Other Northern European Countries, xii, 174 pp.

Adam Kane, M.A. (May, 2001) The Western River Steamboat: Structure and Machinery, 1811

to 1860, xii, 193 pp.

David Johnson, M.A. (December, 2000) Port Royal, Jamaica, and the Slave Trade, xiii, 177 pp.

Scott McLaughlin, M.A. (May, 2000) History Told from the Depths of Lake Champlain: 1992-

1993 Fort Ticonderoga-Mount Independence Submerged Cultural Resource Survey, xxxiii, 466

pp.

Brendan McDermott, M.A. (May, 2000) English and American Shipboard Carpenters, ca.

1725-1825, xii, 232 pp.

David Robinson, M.A. (May, 1999) Indiana: The History and Archaeology of an Early Great

Lakes Propeller, xix, 323 pp.

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Alan Flanigan, M.A. (May, 1999) The Rigging Material from Boscawen: Setting the Sails of a

Mid-Eighteenth-Century Warship during the French and Indian War, ix, 139 pp.

Rahilla Shatto, M.A. (August, 1998) Maritime Trade and Seafaring of the Pre-Columbian

Maya, xiv, 284 pp.

Erika Washburn, M.A. (May, 1998) Linnet: The History and Archaeology of a Brig from the

War of 1812, x, 193 pp.

Stefan Claesson, M.A. (May, 1998) Annabella: A North American Coasting Vessel, x, 128 pp.

Gregory Cook, M.A. (August, 1997) The Readers Point Vessel: Hull Analysis of an Eighteenth-

Century Merchant Sloop Excavated in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, ix, 122 pp.

David Grant, M.A. (December, 1996) Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen,

x, 163 pp.

Brinnen Carter, M.A. (August, 1995) Armament Remains from His Majesty's Sloop Boscawen,

xiv, 254 pp.

James Lester Hadden, M.A. (May, 1995) Ceramics from the American Steamboat Phoenix

(1815-1819) and their Role in Understanding Shipboard Life, xiii, 154 pp.

Gail Erwin, M.A. (December, 1994) Personal Possessions from the H.M.S. Boscawen: Life on

Board a Mid Eighteenth-century Warship During the French and Indian War, ix, 191 pp.

Samuel Turner, M.A. (May, 1994) Saona Artillery: Implications for Inter-Island Trade and

Shipboard Armaments in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century, xvi, 191 pp.

Hawk Tolson, M.A. (August, 1992) The Vernacular Watercraft of Isle Royale: A Western Lake

Superior Boatbuilding Tradition, xiv, 307 pp.

Takahiko Inoue, M.A. (December, 1991) A Nautical Archaeological Study of Kublai Khan's

Fleets, xi, 142 pp.

Committee Member, Completed (18 Ph.D., 31 M.A.)

Kristin Vogel, Ph.D., Anthropology (December, 2016)

Justin Parkoff, Ph.D., Anthropology (December, 2016)

Kotaro Yamafune, Ph.D., Anthropology (May, 2016)

Peter Fix, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2015)

Rodrigo Torres, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2015)

Kelby Rose, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2014)

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Lilia Campana, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2014)

Piotr Bojakowski, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2012)

Alexander Hazlett, Ph.D., Anthropology (May, 2007)

Marianne Franklin, Ph.D., Anthropology (December, 2005)

Lore Guilmartin, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 2002)

Steven Smith, Ph.D., English (May, 2001)

Georgia Fox, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 1998)

Thomas Stephens, Ph.D., History (May, 1998)

Helen DeWolf, Ph.D., Anthropology (May, 1998)

Mark Hartmann, Ph.D., Anthropology (December, 1996)

Tommy Hailey, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 1994)

Robert Neyland, Ph.D., Anthropology (August, 1994)

Christopher Dostal, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2015)

Nathan Gallagher, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2015)

Douglas Inglis, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2014)

Coral Eginton, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2013)

Laura Gongaware, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2013)

Bryana Dubard Schwarz, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2013)

Kotaro Yamafune, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2012)

Benjamin Duerksen, History (August, 2012)

Brennan Bajdek, Anthropology (August, 2012)

Vincent Valenti, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2009)

Starr Cox, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2008)

Roberts, Andrew, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2008)

Randall Sasaki, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2008)

Blanca Rodriguez, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2008)

Erika Laanela, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2008)

Tiago Fraga, M.A., Anthropology (December, 2007)

Amber Moncla, M.Arch., Architecture (May, 2005)

Glenn Grieco, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2003)

Kathryn Willis, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2002)

Peter Hitchcock, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2002)

Mark Feulner, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2002)

Mason Miller, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2001)

Richard Wills, M.A., Anthropology (August, 2000)

Daria Merwin, M.A., Anthropology (May, 2000)

Anne Lessmann, M.A., Anthropology (December, 1997)

James Coggeshall, M.A., Anthropology (August, 1997)

Elizabeth Baldwin, M.A., Anthropology (May, 1997)

James Jobling, M.A., Anthropology (May, 1993)

Sheila Clifford, M.A., Anthropology (May, 1993)

Diana Thornton, M.A., Anthropology (December, 1992)

Lisa Garigen, M.A., Anthropology (December, 1991)

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Outside Committee Member or Examiner, Completed (2 Ph.D., 2 M.A.)

Ligaya Lacsina, Ph.D., School of Humanities and Creative Arts, Flinders University, Adelaide,

Australia (December, 2016)

Alex Kilpa, M.A., Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (November,

2012)

Gregory Cook, Ph.D., Anthropology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (August, 2012)

Kimberly Monk, M.A., History, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (August, 2003)

Committee Chair, In Progress (6 Ph.D., 2 M.A., 1 M.S.)

Ph.D.: Grace Tsai, Carolyn Kennedy, John Littlefield, Annaliese Dempsey, Megan Anderson,

Patricia Schwindinger

M.A.: Heather Jones, Landon Bell

M.S.: Dorothy Rowland

Committee Member, In Progress (4 Ph.D., 2 M.S.)

Ph.D.: Jose Casaban Banaclocha, Christopher Dostal, Samuel Cuellar, Rachel Matheny

M.S.: Miguel Gutierrez, Kelsey Rooney

● PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITY

Service to University

2017 Coordinator, Nautical Archaeology Graduate Program, Anthropology

Department.

2014 to 2015 Coordinator, Nautical Archaeology Graduate Program, Anthropology

Department.

2014 to 2015 Member, Medical Anthropologist faculty search committee, Anthropology

Department.

2013 to 2017 Member, Texas A&M University Press Faculty Advisory Committee.

2011 to 2012 Associate Head, Anthropology Department.

2011 Member, Department of Anthropology Diversity Committee.

2009 Prepared ‘White Paper’ (“Sea Changes: Humanity’s Past and Future on the

World’s Oceans”) for submission to Texas A&M University Academic Master

Plan Accelerating Excellence Research Roadmap.

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2009 Faculty Sponsor, Shipwreck Weekend 2009. Nautical Archaeology Graduate

Program student-organized event with public lectures and tours of the Center for

Maritime Archaeology and Conservation laboratories.

2009 Member, College of Liberal Arts Social Science Research Initiative focus group.

2009 to 2016 Ex-Officio member (CMAC Director), Executive Committee, Anthropology

Department.







2007 Member, department head search committee, Anthropology Department.

2007 to 2016 Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation.

2005 to 2008 Coordinator, Nautical Archaeology Graduate Program, Anthropology

Department.

2005 to 2007 Chair, Executive Committee, Anthropology Department.

2005 Round table host, College of Liberal Arts Development Council Meeting and

Great Conversations.

2004 to 2005 Member, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts ad hoc Committee on

Communications.

2003 Member, department head review committee, Anthropology Department.

2002 Round table host, College of Liberal Arts Development Council Meeting and

Great Conversations.

2001 to 2002 Faculty advisor, 2002 exhibit From Ship to Shore: Antique Maps and Ship Models

from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, the J. Wayne Stark

Gallery, Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center.

1999 to 2001 Chair, search committee for new Nautical Archaeology faculty member.

1999 Member, search committee for new head of Anthropology Department.

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1998 to 2001 Member, Texas A&M University Press Faculty Advisory Committee.

1996 to 1998 Graduate Advisor, Anthropology Department.

1996 to 1998 Member, College of Liberal Arts Graduate Instruction Committee.

1993 to 1994 Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee.

1992 to 1997 Library representative for Nautical Archaeology Program and Anthropology

Department, Evans Library.

1991 Member, Anthropology Department Field School Committee.

Service to Discipline

2015 Outside reviewer for the tenure and promotion review of faculty member,

assistant to associate professor, Maritime Archaeology Program, History

Department, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

2013 Outside reviewer for the tenure and promotion review of faculty member,

assistant to associate professor, Maritime History Program, History Department,

East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

2009 to 2017 Member, Archaeological Committee, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College

Station, Texas.

2008 to 2017 Vice President, New World Research, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College

Station, Texas.

2007 Board member, Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve Committee (501c3 non-

profit organization), Traverse City, Michigan.

2006 Outside reviewer for tenure and promotion of faculty member, assistant to

associate professor, Department of Anthropology, University of West Florida,

Pensacola, Florida.

2006 to 2017 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Springer

Publications, New York.

2005 Outside reviewer for election of faculty member to a Readership in Archaeology,

Maritime Archaeology Program, Southampton University, Southampton, United

Kingdom.

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1999 Presenter, J.C. Harrington Medal Award to Dr. George F. Bass, Society for

Historical Archaeology annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1997 to 2009 Chair, Archaeological Committee, Institute of Nautical, College Station, Texas.

1996 Outside reviewer for the promotion of Curator, History of Technology Division,

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Reviewing Services

2016 Reviewed book manuscript: “The First Book of Henri Joutel: The Curse of

28/20,” for Texas A&M University Press.

2016 Reviewed grant proposal: “Using subbottom profiling to locate seafaring artifacts

and infrastructure of the Maritime Maya,” for the National Geographic

Committee for Research and Exploration.

2016 Reviewed book for award nomination: Shipwrecked in Paradise: Cleopatra's

Barge in Hawai'i for a Smithsonian Institution Secretary’s Research Prize.

2016 Endorsed book manuscript: “The Renaissance Origins of Nautical Archaeology

under Water,” for Texas A&M University Press.

2015 Reviewed journal article: “The Sunken Ships of Chauncey and Yeo,” for

Northeast Historical Archaeology.

2015 Reviewed book manuscript: “Pearl Harbor’s Lost Submarines: The Rediscovery

and Archaeology of Japan’s Top-Secret Midget Submarines of World War,” for

Texas A&M University Press.

2014 Reviewed book manuscript: “Forty Years Master,” for Texas A&M University

Press.

2013 Reviewed issues relating to the history of navigation of Montana Rivers for PPL

Montana Legal Services, Inc. Professional consultant contracted by the

Thompson-Reuters Expert Witness Service.

2013 Reviewed grant proposal: “Building Blocks of the Heartland: Underwater

Archaeological Investigations of Wisconsin’s Stone Industry,” for University of

Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

2012 Reviewed Michigan Maritime Heritage Special Resource Study, historic context

and two National Historic Trail proposals, U.S. National Park Service.

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2011 Reviewed journal article: “New Information on the Wreck of the Barque North

Carolina, Bermuda, 1880,” for American Antiquity.

2011 Reviewed journal article: “Warships and Disarmament on the Inland Seas: The

Great Lakes, 1815-1871,” for The Journal of American History.

2006 Reviewed book manuscript: “Nicolaes Witsen’s Scheeps-Bouw-Const: Open

Gestelt,” for Texas A&M University Press.

2005 Reviewed grant proposal: “Transformation in the Era of the Atlantic World,” for

the National Science Foundation.

2004 Reviewed grant proposal: “Ancient Shipwreck Survey in Turkey,” for the

National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration.

2004 Reviewed journal article: “Steamship Republic,” for National Geographic.

2002 Reviewed grant proposal: “Ghanian Archaeological Shipwreck Survey,” for the

National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration.

2002 Reviewed journal article: “Investigating and Underwater Crime Scene: The

Wreck of the Barque North Carolina, Bermuda, 1880,” for American Antiquity.

1999 Reviewed book manuscript: “Vergennes, Vermont and the War of 1812,” for

Brooke Keefer Limited Editions, Severna Park, Maryland.

1998 Reviewed book manuscript: “The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands,” for

University Press of Florida.

1997 Reviewed book manuscript: “The Ronson Ship,” for Texas A&M University

Press.

1992 Reviewed book manuscript: “Sail and Steam in the Mountains,” for Syracuse

University Press.

Service to Public

2014 ‘Coffins of the Brave’: Shipwrecks of the War of 1812. Public lecture for the

Texas A&M University-Institute of Nautical Archaeology “Shipwreck Weekend,”

College Station, Texas.

2012 Shipwrecks of the War of 1812. Public lecture at the Darling Marine Center,

University of Maine, Bristol, Maine.

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2011 The Nautical Archaeology of the Steamboat Heroine. Dinner lecture for the

‘Brazos Valley Sailing Club’, College Station, Texas.

2010 Something New Under the Sun: Early American Steamboats. Public lecture

sponsored by the Townsend Historical Society, Townsend, Massachusetts.

2007 Brigs of the War of 1812. Public lecture sponsored by the Erie Maritime Museum,

Erie, Pennsylvania.

2007 Prairie Shipwreck. Public lecture sponsored by the Friends of the Peacham

Library, Peacham, Vermont.

2006 Shipwreck on the Red: The Story of the Steamboat Heroine, Built in 1832 and

Lost in 1838. Public lecture sponsored by the University of Texas Anthropology

Society, Austin, Texas.

2006 Prairie Shipwreck: An Early Western River Steamboat Lost on the Red River in

1838. Lecture given at the Summer Field School of the Texas Archaeology

Society, Paris, Texas.

2006 Red River Shipwreck Excavation. Texas Archaeological Society ‘Youth Group’

tour, Fort Towson, Oklahoma.

2006 The Wreck of the Heroine: The History and Archaeology of an Early Western

River Steamboat Lost on the Upper Red River in 1838. Dinner lecture for the

‘Westerner’s Club’, College Station, Texas.

2006 Prairie Shipwreck: Excavating an Early Steamboat in the Red River. Public

lecture for the Texas A&M University-Institute of Nautical Archaeology

“Shipwreck Weekend,” College Station, Texas.

2005 New Discoveries on the Red River Steamboat Wreck, 2005. Public lecture

sponsored by the Friends of Fort Towson State Historic Site, Fort Towson,

Oklahoma.

2004 The Red River Steamboat Wreck. Television interview for ‘15 Magazine’,

KAMU TV, College Station, Texas.

2003 Identifying the Red River Wreck. Public lecture sponsored by the Friends of Fort

Towson State Historic Site, Fort Towson, Oklahoma.

2003 The OK Steamboat Wreck: Oklahoma’s Only Shipwreck. Public lecture for the

Texas A&M University-Institute of Nautical Archaeology “Shipwreck Weekend,”

College Station, Texas.

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2002 Exciting Archaeology in the Azores. Public lecture for the Lake Champlain

Maritime Museum Summer Lecture Series, Vergennes, Vermont.

1999 The Archaeology of the War of 1812. Public lecture for the Lake Champlain

Maritime Museum Summer Lecture Series, Vergennes, Vermont.

1998 Horseboats and Nautical Archaeology. Radio interview for Douglas Barstow

Program, KAMU FM, College Station, Texas.

1995 Institute of Nautical Archaeology – Intervenções Arqueológicas em Locais de

Naufrágio. Public lecture sponsored by the Associação Amigos do Museu, Angra

do Heroismo, Terciera, Azores, Portugal.

1990 to 2000 Archaeological Advisor, Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society,

Washington, D.C.

1984 to 2014 Archaeological Advisor, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes,

Vermont.

● AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2016 Faculty Fellow, Glasscock Center for the Humanities, Texas A&M University.

1993 Society for Historical Archaeology "Award of Merit.”

1990 to 2017 Institute of Nautical Archaeology Faculty Fellowship.

1987 to 1988 Smithsonian Institution Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.

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