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Field School

History Out of Shifting Sands . . .

2012-08-09T13:35:37-04:00August 9th, 2012|

LAMP divers raised not one but three muskets from the late 1700s Storm Wreck during the 2012 field season. What a great article came out of the Jacksonville newspaper, the Florida Times Union, last Saturday. I missed it as I was on vacation, but heard all about it when I came back into the office this week and it is online. From the Times Union: In 2009, members of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program were [...]

Article on LAMP’s 2012 Field School in the Beaches Leader

2012-08-08T14:52:42-04:00August 8th, 2012|

A great story on our 2012 Field School ran in the Beaches Leader, a local paper for the Jacksonville Beaches, back on July 24 (in case you are wondering why all of these blog postings are suddenly appearing, our field season has come to a close so we are catching up with all the news we couldn't report while out diving on the boat!) From the Beaches Leader: LAMP’s annual summer field school brought 17 [...]

2012 Underwater Archaeology Field School

2012-06-04T13:44:51-04:00June 4th, 2012|

The 2012 Field School in Maritime Archaeology will run from June 4 to June 29, 2012. Each year LAMP sponsors this internationally acclaimed opportunity for training in maritime and underwater archaeology. Students from universities across the U.S. and abroad will come to learn these specialized skills by working side by side with LAMP archaeologists. Participants will be instructed in scientific diving procedures, archaeological recording and excavation, the use of hydraulic probes and induction dredges, marine [...]

Cannons raised from the deep makes big news splash!

2011-06-30T08:54:28-04:00June 30th, 2011|

On June 28, 2011, a date which we at LAMP will remember for a long time, we successfully raised two cannons from the Storm Wreck. These two guns, along with at least four others, had laid silent on this shipwreck since the Revolutionary War. Raising two was an ambitious goal, one that had motivated us for the duration of the field school for the entire month of June. Needless to say, bringing up two cannons [...]

6/6-7/1/2011: 2011 LAMP Underwater Archaeology Field School

2011-03-02T09:26:51-05:00March 2nd, 2011|

The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) is pleased to announce our Summer 2011 Field School. This year the field school will be held from June 6 – July 1, 2011 at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, St. Augustine, Florida. This comprehensive 4-week practicum will focus on the continued excavation of an 18th century shipwreck. Discovered in 2009, excavations began on this wreck site began during the summer of 2010. Artifacts recovered from this site [...]

LAMP’s 2010 Field School a Success for Both Teachers and Students, Part III

2010-12-31T11:19:03-05:00December 31st, 2010|

Field School student Katie Kelly, of the University of Indianapolis, enters the water with a giant stride, to participate in the excavation of the 18th century Storm Wreck. Katie was presented with the 2010 David Switzer Young Pioneer Award, which is awarded to the field school student who best exemplifies the qualities of hard work, dedication, and teamwork. This is the final installment of a three-part blog focusing on our 2010 summer field school activities. [...]

LAMP’s 2010 Field School a Success for Both Teachers and Students, Part II

2010-09-10T10:25:35-04:00September 10th, 2010|

LAMP research vessels anchored off the Castillo de San Marcos on St. Augustine’s waterfront to investigate a ballast pile in the harbor as part of the 2010 Field School. Things have been so busy around here lately because of our field season, I’ve been neglecting our blog! Here is the second installment regarding our 2010 Field School, which brought 9 new students and 4 returning students to our nation’s oldest port to learn the basic [...]

LAMP’s 2010 Field School a Success for Both Teachers and Students, Part I

2010-07-05T21:28:35-04:00July 5th, 2010|

Students and teachers from the 2010 Field School on board the research vessel Roper. Things have been so busy during this year’s field season that I’ve had no time whatsoever to blog about our activities! Last week we finished a great field school, which brought 9 students eager to learn, and 4 returning students from last year who served as supervisors, for what turned out to be one of our best field school experiences to [...]

5/31/10 – 6/26/10 Summer Field School 2010

2010-05-20T17:19:44-04:00May 20th, 2010|

Field School students and volunteers prepare for diving operations during the 2009 Field School. Join us as we conduct maritime archaeology at the nation’s oldest port! Information on the upcoming 2011 Field School is now online! Click here for more information on our upcoming Field School, June 6 through July 1, 2011! The 2010 Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) Field School will be held May 31 – June 26, 2010 at the St. Augustine Lighthouse [...]

LAMP Summer Field School

2009-12-20T11:52:16-05:00December 20th, 2009|

Every summer LAMP oversees an intense 4 week accredited field school open to both undergraduate and graduate students, providing an opportunity to participate in a marine survey and the excavation of one or more shipwreck or other maritime archaeological sites. In addition to methodological training and academic lectures, students get valuable real-world experience in all aspects of archaeological fieldwork, scientific diving and seamanship, and laboratory analysis. More information on our upcoming and previous Field Schools [...]

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