Recent Projects
Fall Field School 2023: Antigua
Summer Field School 2022: Mallows Bay
Fall Field School 2021: Castle Island
Summer Field School 2021: Cape Lookout
Fall Field School 2020: Short St. Schooner Wreck
Community and Indigenous Archaeology
Maritime Heritage at Risk
WWII Research in the Pacific and Beyond
Princeville Community Collaborative Project
Maritime Studies in the News
- Researching Hidden Shipwrecks: ECU team helping to identify a centuries-old shipwreck
- ECU Maritime Studies researchers receive NOAA grant to explore WWII battle site near Alaska
- Dive Therapy and Recovery: Veterans, ECU maritime researchers search for missing WWII personnel
- No Retreat: Oldest African American town in U.S. preserves history amidst environmental calamities
- Cool Classes: Seventeen of the most unusual, unique classes at ECU this year
- Encouraging Archaeological Diversity: Fellowship with federal agency keeps maritime studies alumna at ECU
- Fielding Maritime History: ECU maritime studies field school shines light on Washington, N.C., shipwreck
- Intentional Shipwreck?: New research from ECU suggests Blackbeard ran the QAR aground on purpose
- Coming Full Circle: From shipwreck to grad school, married ECU professors return 20 years later
- Mysteries of the Deep: ECU’s Program for Maritime Studies dives into history
- Back to Saipan: ECU educators return to island to explore historical landmarks
- Preserving Maritime History: ECU maritime archaeology team search for clues to Danish slave ships
- Grounded in History: Field school identifies Pamlico Sound mystery wreck
- Undersea Mission: Researchers perform archaeological investigation of downed WWII aircraft