A presentation by Jason Burns,
Maritime Project Manager at Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc.
Dive into the topic of maritime archaeology in the region with our guest lecturer this Friday evening. We are pleased to host Jason Burns, a US Navy veteran with two professional book publications. Burns' professional work has focused on submerged cultural resources management and public education. In 2003, he became the first underwater archaeologist hired by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, where he created a statewide program for underwater archaeology.
His research on 19th century merchant fleets and their transition from sail to steam, and the expansion of world commerce by shipping nations after 1850 is detailed in his 2003 book about a vessel which sank near Pensacola in 1894:The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor: The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship Catharine.
Burns has been involved in many interesting projects in northwest Florida and farther afield, such as NOAA's search for the slave ship Trouvadore and the US Navy Ships Chippewaand Onkahey off the coast of theTurks and Caicos Islands.
Join us after the presentation for a low country boil on the docks. Free!
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