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For more than 200 years, sailboats and fishing boats have unknowingly passed over the site of a presumed historic shipwreck off the southern coast of the island of Antigua.<\/p>

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Now, East Carolina University<\/a>\u00a0maritime historians<\/a>, underwater archaeologists, divers and students are researching the hidden vessel in hopes of helping to confirm its identity.<\/p>\n

In 2013, when the\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda National Parks<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services<\/a>\u00a0conducted a survey of the English and Falmouth Harbors, large timbers were discovered.<\/p>

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Having no underwater archaeologists available to conduct further research, the discovery remained undisturbed until 2021, when a team of underwater archaeologists from the University of the\u00a0French\u00a0West Indies in Martinique conducted a\u00a0sonar\u00a0survey\u00a0of the site.<\/p>

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This fall, Lynn Harris, an ECU professor of\u00a0history<\/a>\u00a0who specializes in African and Caribbean maritime history and archaeology, was invited to partner on the research project.<\/p>\n

Led by Harris,\u00a0graduate students<\/a>\u00a0and faculty and staff from the\u00a0Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences<\/a>\u00a0Department of History<\/a>\u00a0and program in\u00a0maritime studies<\/a>\u00a0spent 15 days in October investigating the submerged vessel, currently referred to as the Tank Bay shipwreck.<\/p>

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ECU\u2019s team includes Harris; Jennifer McKinnon, co-investigator and professor of history who specializes in historical and maritime archaeology and cultural heritage management;<\/p>\n

Jeremy Borelli, maritime research associate in charge of equipment and logistics; Ryan Bradley, diving and water safety officer; and 10 graduate students in the maritime studies graduate program who participated through their field school in maritime history and underwater archaeology course.<\/p>

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As part of their professional practical training, ECU maritime studies students participate in two 15-day underwater archaeology field schools annually.<\/p>

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Students learn practical skills in collecting, processing and analyzing datasets from submerged and terrestrial maritime heritage sites to answer specific research and heritage management questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ECU MA program in maritime studies is one of a handful in the world that trains students in underwater archaeology and provides unique opportunities for them to participate in exciting projects such as this one,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is at a formative stage where the team is attempting to confirm the identity of the Tank Bay shipwreck with high potential to be an 18th-century French trade warship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the opportunity to get hands-on experience within an area with such diverse and significant cultural heritage has been a chance of a lifetime,\u201d said Levi Holton, one of the maritime studies graduate students who participated in the field school experience.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everything made sense\u2019<\/h1>\n

During their fieldwork, students performed underwater mapping of a historic quay in the dockyard and documented historic cannons, anchors and other fortifications at risk on the hilltops surrounding the harbor.<\/p>\n

In addition to historic structure research, the team gathered baseline data (using photography, LIDAR and 3-D modeling) on erosion on the coastal heritage sites and on submerged seabed areas below the fortifications where historic artifacts and old anchorage mooring chains lay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my eyes met the shipwreck resting in Tank Bay for the first time, I instantly got butterflies in my stomach,\u201d said Logan Willis, another maritime studies major and research participant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the first time that I had ever seen a wooden shipwreck with such historical significance.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, everything made sense. Everything that my professors had been teaching, everything I had read and researched for two years, it all came together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttending the field school in Antigua definitely broadened my understanding of ship construction and the importance of learning outside the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris said all the cultural sites the team researched fall within the boundaries of the\u00a0Naval Dockyard UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>\u00a0and are at risk for erosion and inundation from anticipated climate and coastal changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis real-world experience was conducted at such a critical time when sea level rise is threatening the sites,\u201d Holton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe knowledge that our efforts have contributed to building the archaeological and historical record for these critical sites adds value to our work, and it will be used in the not-so-distant future to tell the whole story of Antigua and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 15 days of research, the team recovered pipes, ceramic, glass, fishing weights, musket balls and strips of sheathing from the Tank Bay wreck, and students set up exhibits of the recovered artifacts for political dignitaries, including the governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda and naval dockyard donors.<\/p>\n

In addition, students also worked with a variety of community groups and offered\u00a0UNESCO UNITWIN<\/a>\u00a0underwater archaeology capacity-building workshops in the evenings or as part of daily rotations.<\/p>\n

\u201cApart from further evidence to confirm the identity of the ship, each artifact has a potential story about manufacturing, distribution, trade, warfare and daily life on the ship,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next tantalizing step is the challenge of using both the historical and archaeological record to enrich and explain the story of this international heritage site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris said the shipwreck has an illustrious global biography. The wreck is believed to be the 900-ton vessel Beaumont, built in 1762 for French East Indies Company trade in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

When the company dissolved in 1769, the ship was deployed into French naval service as a fourth-rate-ship-of the line. In 1772, it left naval service and was purchased by a private citizen, Dessaudrais Sebire and Co., who renamed it Lyon, commanded by Capt. Jean Michel, who carried out trade that supported the rebel patriots during the American War of Independence.<\/p>\n

A British ship HMS Maidstone,<\/em>\u00a0under the command of Capt. Alan Gardener, captured Lyon off the Virginia coast and took it to Antigua as a prize in 1778. A 1780 map shows the outline of a ship titled Lyon in English Harbor at the current location of the wreck.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, the ECU team worked closely with other expedition collaborators, including the University of the French West Indies, the Antigua and Barbuda National Parks \u2014 supported by Antigua & Barbuda Search and Rescue \u2014 and the American Association of Port Authorities.<\/p>\n

The project was made possible with financing from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Directorate of Memory, Culture and Archives of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, the National Park of Antigua and Barbuda, and ECU.<\/p>\n

Further investigation of the artifacts will take place over the next few months; ECU\u2019s team will co-author a report based on its analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are planning a virtual conference later this semester to present our findings along with our Antigua and French West Indies partners,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to continue this productive and exciting research collaboration for future field schools and to seek grants to further our research capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:ECU<\/p>\n

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