UNH URC Presentation on Shipwreck

 I recently presented at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday, March 22. My presentation centered around the concept of protecting underwater archaeological sites. Using a combination of sources both underwater and terrestrial (the Sherburne House at Strawbery Banke) it is possible to see the differences in what is found in a terrestrial site vs. an underwater site. In the wreckage of a sunken ship, there are usually large amounts of one specific cargo type, in the case of the wrecks that I researched, it was usually pottery, for example, Westerwald or Staffordshire Slipware. In a terrestrial site, however, there is much more of an all-encompassing snapshot of debris, usually with some pottery, but with more examples of things like animal bone, glass, marbles, personal items, and other things necessary for daily life in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

German Westerwald Pottery

English Staffordshire Slipware

URC Poster