Summer Field School 2024: Coastal NC
The Program in Maritime Studies held its summer 2024 field school in two areas of coastal North Carolina: Edenton Harbor on the Albemarle Sound and Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic...
Jeremy Borrelli Archives
Fall Field School 2023: FKNMS
The Maritime Studies 2023 fall field school took place in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, specifically Summerland Key, Florida. Over the course of 2-weeks, Dr. Jen McKinnon and Dr. Nathan...
Summer Field School 2023: Antigua
The Program in Maritime Studies held its summer semester 2023 field school in English Harbour, Antigua led by Dr. Lynn Harris. Working in partnership with the Antigua & Barbuda National...
Fall Field School 2022: Antigua
Excavation The Program in Maritime Studies held its fall semester 2023 field school in English Harbour, Antigua. Working in partnership with the Antigua & Barbuda National Parks Authority (NPA) and...
Summer Field School 2022: Mallows Bay
The Maritime Studies 2022 summer field school took place in the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary, located in Nanjemoy, Maryland. Led by Dr. Nathan Richards and Dr. Jason Raupp,...
Fall Field School 2021: Castle Island
Castle Island The focus for the 2021 fall field school related to the history of Castle Island, located in the Pamlico River just off the historic waterfront in Washington, North...
Summer Field School 2021: Cape Lookout
The Program in Maritime Studies held its summer 2021 field school at Cape Lookout (Core Banks) and on Shackleford Banks on the North Carolina Outer Banks. The goals of the field school...
Fall Field School 2020: Short St. Schooner Wreck
Amidst a global pandemic (COVID-19), faculty, staff and graduate students from East Carolina University's (ECU) Program in Maritime Studies investigated a shipwreck near the site of the old Eureka Lumber...
Community and Indigenous Archaeology
Dr. Jennifer McKinnon directs/co-directs projects related to Indigenous heritage in the Pacific and Australia including a seascape study of Saipan, a community consensus and protection program for caves on private property in...
Maritime Heritage at Risk
Dr. Lynn Harris has an ongoing “Maritime Heritage at Risk” project funded since 2016 by a National Park Service Preservation Training and Technology (PTT) Grant. The project provides student training...