# overview
My research focuses on:  Nautical archaeology of the Early Modern era (15th to 20th Centuries); construction and outfitting of ships; seafaring, shipboard life, and maritime communities; North American river, lake, and canal navigation; 19th century steamboats and ship propulsion technology; Warships and naval technology, 1450-1950; War of 1812 naval design and construction.

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University of Vermont - (Burlington, Vermont, United States)

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania - (Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States)

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University of Pennsylvania - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Fighting sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay: The war of 1812 and its aftermath.

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The French navy and the seven years' war.

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From sail to steam: Four centuries of Texas maritime history, 1500-1900.

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It has again become necessary to add to our force on Lake Champlain: The US navy Brig Eagle

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Anticipated laurels: The US brig Jefferson

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The Heroine of Louisville: Archaeological Discoveries from an 1830s-Era Western River Steamboat

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The Filson Historical Society and Cincinnati Museum Center

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Sails on an Inland Sea: The Evolution of Lake Champlains Sailing Merchant Fleet

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The Archaeology and History of the Flower of Ugie, Wrecked 1852 in the Eastern Solent

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The Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain

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I never see anything in this world like it! The archaeological legacy of a naval battle

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Lake Champlain Nautical Archaeology Since 1980

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Of Sailing Ships and Sidewheelers The History and Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain

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The History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga

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The Western River Steamboat Heroine, 1832-1838, Oklahoma, USA: construction

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A horse-powered ferry : Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain

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The sidewheel steamer Heroine : Red River, Oklahoma

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Captain Ridgely's Command: The Archaeology of the War of 1812 Brig Jefferson

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Afterword: The Archaeological Legacy of the War of 1812

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Conclusions: Coffins of the Bravetwo hundred years later

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X marks the spot: The archaeology of piracy.

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Lt. Cassin says there is a new boat near Vergennes: The US schooner Ticonderoga

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A Taphonomic Evaluation of Three Intact Pork Barrels from the Steamboat Heroine (1838)

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Vermont's Steamboat Pioneer: Captain Jahaziel Sherman of Vergennes

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Western River Steamboat Heroine, 18321838

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Western River Steamboat Heroine, 18321838

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When horses walked on water: horse-powered ferries in nineteenth-century America

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The Eagle, an American brig on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812

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The naval war of 1812 on the upper lakes

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Coffins of the Brave: Lake shipwrecks of the war of 1812

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Texas A&M University; Anthropology; 4352 TAMU

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Levin, Joshua Aaron (2003-05). Western Empire: the deep water wreck of a mid-nineteenth century wooden sailing ship. Master's Thesis.

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Thomas, Lindsey Hall (2011-08). The A.J. Goddard: Reconstruction and Material Culture of a Klondike Gold Rush Sternwheeler. Master's Thesis.

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Bojakowski, Katie (2011-08). Exploration and Empire: Iconographic Evidence of Iberian Ships of Discovery. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Batchvarov, Kroum Nickolaev (2009-08). The Kitten Shipwreck: Archaeology and Reconstruction of a Black Sea Merchantman. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Stewart, David James (2005-05). 'Rocks and storms I'll fear no more': Anglo-American maritime memorialization, 1700-1940. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Rowland, Dorothy Anne (2018-12). The History of Galveston's Concrete Ships. Master's Thesis.

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Stika, Jessica Rose (2013-05). The Conservation and Analysis of Small Artifacts from the Site of USS Westfield. Master's Thesis.

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Catsambis, Alexis (2012-08). Preserving the Submerged and Coastal Maritime Heritage of the United States. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Atauz, Ayse Devrim (2005-05). Trade, piracy, and naval warfare in the central Mediterranean: the maritime history and archaeology of Malta. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Jones, Toby Nephi (2006-05). The Mica shipwreck: deepwater nautical archaeology in the Gulf of Mexico. Master's Thesis.

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Krueger, Bradley Alan (2012-07). Anthony Wayne: The History and Archaeology of an Early Great Lakes Steamboat. Master's Thesis.

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Koenig, Stephanie K (2016-07). Common Men in Uncommon Times: Analyzing the Daily Lives of American Civil War Sailors Using Personal Narratives. Master's Thesis.

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Chick, Nina M. (2015-05). The Cargo of the Steamboat Heroine and the Army of the Frontier, 1838. Master's Thesis.

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Sabick, Christopher Robert (2003-05). His Majesty's hired transport schooner Nancy. Master's Thesis.

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Emery, Eric Brandon (2003-08). The last of Mr. Brown's Mosquito Fleet : a history and archaeology of the American row galley Allen on Lake Champlain, 1814-1825. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Flynn, Peter Erik (2005-05). H.M.S. Pallas: historical reconstruction of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate. Master's Thesis.

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Corder, Catharine Leigh Inbody (2007-12). La Belle: Rigging in the days of the spritsail topmast, a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century ship's rig. Master's Thesis.

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Hatch, Heather E (2013-08). Harbour Island: The Comparative Archaeology of a Maritime Community. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Miller, Carrigan Rose (2018-07). Reconsidering the "Royal Savage". Master's Thesis.

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VanHorn, Kellie Michelle (2004-12). Eighteenth-century colonial American merchant ship construction. Master's Thesis.

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Cozzi, Joseph Robert (2000-08). The Lake Champlain sailing canal boat. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Gordon, Leeanne E. (2009-05). NEWASH AND TECUMSETH: ANALYSIS OF TWO POST-WAR OF 1812 VESSELS ON THE GREAT LAKES. Master's Thesis.

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McVae, Bridget Christine (2008-08). The Roosevelt Inlet shipwreck: identification, analysis, and historical context. Master's Thesis.

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Torres, Rodrigo de Oliveira (2015-04). The Archaeology of Shore Stranded Shipwrecks of Southern Brazil. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Schwarz, George 1977- (2012-08). The Passenger Steamboat Phoenix: An Archaeological Study of Early Steam Propulsion in North America. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hoskins, Sara Grace (2003-12). 16th Century Cast-Bronze Ordnance at the Museu de Angra do Heroismo. Master's Thesis.

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Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy (2008-08). The Batavia shipwreck. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kennedy, Carolyn (2015-08). Shelburne Shipyard Steamboat Graveyard: Archaeological Investigation of Four Steamboat Wrecks. Master's Thesis.

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Deckinga, Mara A (2016-08). Arctic Steam and Sail: Reconstructing HMS Pioneer. Master's Thesis.

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Leshikar-Denton, Margaret E. (1993-12). The 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail, Cayman Islands, British West Indies : a historical study and archaeological survey. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Castro, Filipe Vieira de (2001-08). The Pepper Wreck : a Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus River. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ford, Benjamin L. (2009-08). Lake Ontario Maritime Cultural Landscape. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Vezeau, Susan Lynn (2004-08). The Mepkin Abbey shipwreck: diving into Mepkin Plantation's past. Master's Thesis.

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Schwindinger, Patricia Helen (2018-12). A Quantitative Analysis of the Speed of Dutch and British Shipping, 1730-1850. Master's Thesis.

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Roberts, Andrew Philip (2008-12). Great Republic: a historical and archaeological analysis of a Pacific mail steamship. Master's Thesis.

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Walker, Daniel Robert (2007-08). The identity and construction of Wreck Baker: a War of 1812 era Royal Navy frigate. Master's Thesis.