Spring, 2014
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
1996 to Present 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.
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● ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2010-2011 English Galleon Warwick (1619) Excavation Project, Bermuda. Faculty
Advisor.
2002 to 2014 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.
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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.
1985 Mallorytown 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.
Principal Investigator.
1983 to 1985 Sloop Boscawen (1759) Excavation, Fort Ticonderoga, New York. Co-
Principal Investigator.
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. Principal Investigator.
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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.
●COURSES TAUGHT – TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (1990-2014)
Course No. Course Title Sem/Yr Enrollment
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2014 Grad: 10
Anth 603 Seafaring Life and Maritime Communities Fa 2013 Grad: 7
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2013 Grad: 6
Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2013 Grad: 10
Anth 603 Seafaring Life and Maritime Communities Fa 2011 Grad: 12
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Fa 2011 Grad: 5
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2011 Grad: 6
Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2011 Grad: 8
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2010 Grad: 8
Anth 689 Seafaring Life and Maritime Communities Sp 2010 Grad: 9
Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2009 Grad: 9
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2009 Grad: 10
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2008 Grad: 7
Anth 689 Seafaring Life and Maritime Communities Sp 2008 Grad: 6
Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2007 Grad: 6
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2007 Grad: 12
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Fort Towson, OK Su 2006 Grad: 5
Anth 330 Field Research: Fort Towson, OK Su 2006 U/Grad: 1
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2006 Grad: 10
Anth 610 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2006 Grad: 5
Anth 689 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2005 Grad: 5
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2005 Grad: 11
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Fort Towson, OK Su 2004 Grad: 4
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Fort Towson, OK Su 2003 Grad: 3
Anth 330 Field Research: Fort Towson, OK Su 2003 U/Grad: 2
Anth 689 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2003 Grad: 7
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 2003 Grad: 13
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Portugal Su 2002 Grad: 2
Anth 689 Outfitting and Sailing the Wooden Ship Sp 2002 Grad: 11
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Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 2002 Grad: 13
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Azores Su 2001 Grad: 4
Anth 629 Post-Medieval Seafaring Fa 2000 Grad: 10
Anth 616 Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ship Fa 2000 Grad: 14
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Fa 1999 Grad: 11
Anth 616 Research and Reconstruction of Wooden Ship Fa 1999 Grad: 6
Anth 489 Nautical Archaeology of the Discoveries Sp 1999 U/Grad: 18
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 1998 Grad: 8
Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Sp 1998 U/Grad: 32
Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Sp 1997 U/Grad: 55
Anth 689 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 1997 Grad: 7
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 1996 Grad: 12
Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Sp 1996 U/Grad: 44
Anth 330 Field Research: Lake Champlain Su 1995 U/Grad: 1
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Lake Champlain Su 1995 Grad: 3
Anth 318 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Sp 1995 U/Grad: 26
Anth 689 Post-Medieval Seafaring Sp 1995 Grad: 12
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Sp 1995 Grad: 8
Anth 489 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Fa 1993 U/Grad: 23
Anth 628 New World Seafaring Fa 1993 Grad: 8
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Lake Champlain Su 1993 Grad: 7
Anth 489 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Fa 1992 U/Grad: 13
Anth 689 New World Seafaring Fa 1992 Grad: 7
Anth 689 Post-Medieval Seafaring Fa 1992 Grad: 5
Anth 330 Field Research: Lake Champlain Su 1992 U/Grad: 1
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Lake Champlain Su 1992 Grad: 4
Anth 489 Nautical Archaeology of the Americas Fa 1991 U/Grad: 12
Anth 689 New World Seafaring Fa 1991 Grad: 12
Anth 660 Field Archaeology: Lake Champlain Su 1991 Grad: 4
Anth 313 Historical Archaeology Fa 1990 G: 3, U/G: 20
Anth 689 New World Seafaring Fa 1990 Grad: 9
● RECORD OF GRADUATE ADVISING
Committee Chair, Completed (14 Ph.D., 34 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.
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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.
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.
Jessica Stika, M.A. (August, 2013), Personal Artifacts from the Union Civil War Gunboat
Westfield.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Committee Member, Completed (12 Ph.D., 27 M.A.)
Gregory Cook, Ph.D., Anthropology, Syracuse University (August, 2012)
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)
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)
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)
Kimberly Monk, M.A., History, East Carolina University (August, 2003)
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)
Committee Chair, In Progress (4 Ph.D., 3 M.A.)
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Ph.D.: Chris Cartellone, Stephanie Koenig, Grace Tsai, Landon Bell
M.A.: Heather Jones, Nina Chick, Joshua Harden
Committee Member, In Progress (6 Ph.D., 3 M.A.)
Ph.D.: Kristin Vogel, Kelby Rose, Jose Casaban Banaclocha, Rodrigo Torres, Lilia Campana,
Samuel Cuellar
M.A.: Coral Eginton, Katherine Worthington, Douglas Inglis
● 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.
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 Nautial 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
2014 The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA:
construction. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp.
128-150.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
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
2013 Shipwrecked in Oklahoma: The Last Voyage of the Steamboat Heroine in 1838.
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. XCI, No. 3, Fall, 2013, 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 2, Spring-Summer 2011, p. 6.
2011 Steaming Along: Research and Reconstruction of the Steamboat Heroine. Center
for Maritime Archaeology & Conservation News & Reports, Vol. 3, No. 1,
Spring, 2011, 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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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
In Press 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.
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.
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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.
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
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
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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.
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.
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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.
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
2014 Institute of Nautical Archaeology ($3,000). Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat
Graveyard Survey Project.
2009 to 2010 Oklahoma Historical Society ($38,650). Red River Steamboat Excavation:
Analysis and Preparation of Publications. Contract for post-excavation
cataloguing and analysis.
2008 to 2009 Oklahoma Historical Society ($38,650). Red River Steamboat Excavation:
Analysis and Preparation of Publications. Contract for post-excavation
cataloguing and analysis.
2007 to 2008 Oklahoma Historical Society ($38,650). Red River Steamboat Excavation:
Analysis and Preparation of Publications. Contract for post-excavation
cataloguing and analysis.
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.
2005 Oklahoma Historical Society ($97,780). Red River Steamboat Wreck Excavation
Project. Contract for archaeological fieldwork in Fort Towson, Oklahoma.
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2004 Oklahoma Historical Society ($97,780). 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.
2003 Oklahoma Historical Society ($66,400). Red River Steamboat Wreck Excavation
Project. Contract for archaeological fieldwork in Fort Towson, Oklahoma.
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
Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.
1999 Mrs. Sylvia Baird ($40,000). Private grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical
Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.
1999 Discovery Fund ($10,000). External grant for Texas A&M – Institute of Nautical
Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.
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.
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1996 Mrs. Sylvia Baird ($40,000). Private grant for Texas A&M-Institute of Nautical
Archaeology Azores Islands Shipwreck Survey.
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.
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.
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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.
1987 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation ($10,500).
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.
1985 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation ($4,900).
Sackets Harbor Project. Contract for survey of the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson.
● PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Symposia Organized
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).
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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.
Symposium organized at the 28th
Annual Society for Historical Archaeology
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.
Symposium organized at the 25th
Annual Society for Historical Archaeology
Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
Invited Lectures
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.
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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.
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.
2001 Shipwrecks and Archaeology in Portugal’s Azores Islands. Archaeological
Institute of America Lecture Series. Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan.
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2001 Shipwrecks and Archaeology in Portugal’s Azores Islands. Archaeological
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.
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.
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 Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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 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
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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.
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.
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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.
● PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITY
Reviewing Services
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 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.
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.
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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
2012 Shipwrecks of the War of 1812. Public lecture at the Darling Marine Center,
University of Maine, Bristol, Maine.
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.
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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.
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.
Service to Discipline
2013 Outside reviewer for the tenure and promotion review of Dr. Lynn Harris,
Maritime History Program, History Department, East Carolina University,
Greenville, North Carolina.
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2009 to 2014 Member, Archaeological Committee, Institute of Nautical, College Station,
Texas.
2008 to 2014 Vice President, New World Research, Institute of Nautical, 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 Dr. John Bratten, Department of
Anthropology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.
2006 to 2014 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Springer
Publications, New York.
2005 Outside reviewer for election of Dr. Jonathan Adams to a Readership in
Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology Program, Southampton University,
Southampton, United Kingdom.
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 Dr. Paul F. Johnston, Curator, History of
Technology Division, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution.
1990 to 2000 Archaeological Advisor, Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society,
Washington, D.C.
1984 to 2014 Archaeological Advisor, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes,
Vermont.
Service to University
2011-12 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 2014 Ex-Officio member (CMAC Director), Executive Committee, Anthropology
Department.
2008 Faculty Sponsor, Shipwreck Weekend 2008. Nautical Archaeology Graduate
Program student-organized event with public lectures and tours of the Center for
Maritime Archaeology and Conservation laboratories.
2007 Faculty Sponsor, Shipwreck Weekend 2007. Nautical Archaeology Graduate
Program student-organized event with public lectures and tours of the Center for
Maritime Archaeology and Conservation laboratories.
2007 Member, department head search committee, Anthropology Department.
2007 to 2014 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.
● AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
1993 Society for Historical Archaeology "Award of Merit.”
1990 to 2014 Institute of Nautical Archaeology Faculty Fellowship.
1987 to 1988 Smithsonian Institution Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.