Alumni Theses and Dissertations

Alumni theses and dissertations

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Adams, Robert	M.A.	1985	Construction and Qualitative Analysis of a Sewn Boat of the Western Indian Ocean
Amer, Christopher	M.A.	1986	Construction of the Brown Bay Vessel
Atauz, Ayse	Ph.D.	2004	Trade, piracy, and naval warfare in the central Mediterranean: the maritime history and archaeology of Malta
Bachhuber, Christoph	M.A.	2003	Aspects of Late Helladic sea trade
Baker, James	M.A.	1992	Computers and Nautical Archaeology: Characterization of the C.S.S. Georgia Wreck Site
Baldwin, Elizabeth Robinson	M.A.	1997	The Reconstruction of the Lake Champlain Sidewheel Steamer Champlain II
Batchvarov, Kroum N.	M.A.	2002	The Framing of Seventeenth-Century Men-of-War in England and Other Northern European Countries
Borgens, Amy	M.A.	2004	Analysis of the Pass Cavallo Shipwreck Assemblage, Matagorda Bay, Texas
Bratten, John	Ph.D.	1997	The Continental Gondola Philadelphia
Brenni, Gianmarco	M.A.	1985	The Dolia and the Sea-Borne Commerce of Imperial Rome
Brigadier, Sara	M.A.	2002	The Artifact Assemblage From the Pepper Wreck: An Early Seventeenth Century Portuguese East-Indiaman That Wrecked in the Tagus River
Buford, Valerie	M.A.	2000	The Militia of the Seas: A Guide to the Confederate Privateers of the American Civil War, 1861-1865
Carter, Brinnen	M.A.	1995	Armament Remains from His Majesty's Sloop
Cassavoy, Ken	M.A.	1985	The Gaming Pieces from the Glass Wreck at Serce Limani, Turkey
Castro, Luis Filipe Viera de	Ph.D.	2001	The Pepper Wreck: A Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of the Tagus River
Charlton, William H.	M.A.	1996	Rope and the Art of Knot-Tying in the Seafaring of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean
Claesson, Stefan H.	M.A.	1998	Annabella: A North American Coasting Vessel
Clifford,Sheila A.	M.A.	1993	An Analysis of the Port Royal Shipwreck and Its Role in the Maritime History of Seventeenth-Century Port Royal, Jamaica
Coggeshall, James	M.A.	1997	The Fireship and Its Role in the Royal Navy
Coke, BobbyeJo Evon	M.A.	2004	Conservation of Waterlogged Linoleum
Cook, Christopher J.	M.A.	2001	Maritimity in Prehistoric Scandinavia: Cognitive Domain Formation and the Reconstruction of a Mesolithic Mindset
Cook, Gregory	M.A.	1997	The Readers Point Vessel: Hull Analysis of an Eighteenth-Century Merchant Sloop Excavated in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica
Corder, Catharine	M.A.	2007	La Belle: Rigging in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, A Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Ship's Rig
Cowin, Margaret	M.A.	1986	Artifacts Recovered off the Southwestern Turkish Coast by Institute of Nautical Archaeology Shipwreck Surveys in 1973 and 1980
Cozzi, Joseph R.	Ph.D.	2000	The Lake Champlain Sailing Canal Boat
Creasman, Pearce Paul	M.A.	2007	The Cairo Dahshur Boats
Crisman, Kevin	M.A.	1984	The Eagle: An American Brig on Lake Champlain During the War of 1812
Custer, Katie	M.A.	2004	Wrought Iron Hand Tools from the Underwater Archaeological Excavations of Colonial Port Royal, Jamaica, C. 1692
Danis, Doreen	M.A.	2002	An Analysis of Galley Ware from a Ninth-Century Shipwreck at Bozburun, Turkey
Darrington, Glenn P.	M.A.	1994	Analysis and Reconstruction of Impermanent Structures of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Darroch, Alison	M.A.	1986	The Visionary Shadow: A Description and Analysis of the Armaments Aboard the Santo Antonio de Tanna
Davis, Danny L.	M.A.	2001	Navigation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean
Dewolf, Helen C.	Ph.D.	1998	Chinese Porcelain and Seventeenth-Century Port Royal, Jamaica
Donachie, Madeleine	Ph.D.	2001	Household Ceramics at Port Royal, Jamaica, 1655-1692: The Building 4/5 Assemblage
Doyle, Noreen	M.A.	1998	Iconography and the Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Watercraft
Emery, Eric	M.A.	2003	The Last of Mr. Brown's Mosquito Fleet: A History and Archaeology of the American Row Galley Allen on Lake Champlain, 1814 - 1825
Erwin, Gail	M.A.	1994	Personal Possessions from the H.M.S. Boscawen: Life on Board a Mid Eighteenth-century Warship During the French and Indian War
Feulner, Mark A.	M.A.	2002	An Analysis of Iron Goods Recovered from La Salle's Belle
Fitzgerald, Michael	M.A.	1995	A Roman Wreck at Caesarea Maritima, Israel: A Comparative Study of Its Hull and Equipment
Flanigan, Alan T.	M.A.	1999	The Rigging Material from Boscawen: Setting the Sails of a Mid-Eighteenth-Century Warship during the French and Indian War
Flynn, Peter E.	M.A.	2006	H.M.S. Pallas: Historical Reconstruction of an 18th-Century Royal Navy Frigate
Fox, Georgia L.	M.A.	1991	The Bronze Age Objects from Tel Nami, Israel: Their Conservation and Implications for Ancient Metallurgy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Fox, Georgia L.	Ph.D.	1998	The Study and Analysis of the Kaolin Clay Tobacco Pipe Collection from the Seventeenth-Century Archaeological Site of Port Royal, Jamaica
Fraga, Tiago	M.A.	2007	Santo Antonio de Tanna: Story and Reconstruction
Franklin, Carol	M.A.	1985	Caulking Techniques in Northern and Central European Ships and Boats: 1500 BC - AD 1940
Franklin, Marianne	M.A.	1992	Wrought Iron Hand Tools in Port Royal, Jamaica: A Study Based Upon a Collection of the Tools recovered from Archaeological Excavations and on Tools Listed in the Probate Inventories of Colonial Port Royal, c. 1692
Franklin, Marianne	Ph.D.	2005	Blood and Water; The Archaeological Excavation and Historical Analysis of the Wreck of the Industry, A North-American Transport Sloop Chartered by the British Army at the End of the Seven Years War: British Colonial Navigation and Trade to Supply Spanish Florida in the Eighteenth Century
Garcia, Gustavo Adolfo	M.A.	2005	The Rincón Astrolabe Shipwreck
Garigen, Lisa	M.A.	1991	Description and Analysis of Seventeenth-Century Flintlock Pistols from Pedro Bank, Jamaica
Garver, Elizabeth	M.A.	1993	Byzantine Amphoras of the Ninth through Thirteenth Centuries in the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Geannette, Mark	M.A.	1983	Mast Step and Keelson: The Early Development of a Shipbuilding Technology
Goelet, Michael	M.A.	1986	The Careening and Bottom Maintenance of Wooden Sailing Vessels
Gotelipe-Miller, Shirley	M.A.	1990	Pewter and Pewterers from Port Royal, Jamaica: Flatware Before 1692
Grant, David	M.A.	1996	Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen
Grieco, Glenn	M.A.	2003	Modeling la Belle: A Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Light Frigate
Hailey, Tommy I.	Ph.D.	1994	The Analysis of 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Ceramics from Port Royal, Jamaica for Lead Release: A Study in Archaeotoxicology
Haldane, Cheryl W.	M.A.	1984	The Dashur Boats
Haldane, Cheryl W.	Ph.D.	1993	Ancient Egyptian Hull Construction
Haldane, David	M.A.	1984	The Wooden Anchor
Hall, Jerome	Ph.D.	1996	A Seventeenth-Century Northern European Merchant Shipwreck in Monte Cristi Bay, Dominican Republic
Halpern, Michael	M.A.	1985	The Origins of the Carolinian Sidereal Compass
Harpster, Matthew B.	Ph.D.	2005	A Re-Assembly and Reconstruction of the 9th Century A.D. Vessel Wrecked off the Coast of Bozburun, Turkey
Hartmann, Mark	Ph.D.	1996	The Development of Watercraft In The Prehistoric Southeastern United States
Hazlett, Alexander D.	Ph.D.	2007	The Nao of the Livro Nautico: Reconstructing a Sixteenth Century Indiaman from Texts
Hedrick, David	Ph.D.	1998	The Investigation of the Caney Creek Shipwreck Archaeological Site 41MG32
Heidtke, Kenan P.	M.A.	1992	Jamaican Red Clay Tobacco Pipes
Herron, Richard	Ph.D.	1998	The Development of Asian Watercraft: From the Prehistoric Era to the Advent of European Colonization
Hirschfeld, Nicolle	M.A.	1990	Incised Marks on Late Helladic and Late Minoan III Pottery
Hitchcock, Peter W.	M.A.	2002	Intelligent Whale: A Historical and Archaeological Analysis of an American Civil War Submersible
Hocker, Frederick	Ph.D.	1991	The Development of a Bottom-Based Shipbuilding Tradition in Northwestern Europe and the New World
Hoskins, Sara	M.A.	2003	16th Century Cast-Bronze Ordnance at the Museu de Angra do Heroismo
Hoyt, Steven	M.A.	1986	An Empirical System for the Identification of Smooth Bore, Case Iron Cannon
Hundley, Paul	M.A.	1980	The Construction of the Griffon Cove Wreck
Indruszewski, George	M.A.	1996	A Comparative Analysis of Early Medieval Shipwrecks from the Southern Shores of the Baltic Sea
Ingram, Rebecca S.	M.A.	2005	Faience and Glass Beads From the Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Uluburun
Inoue, Takahiko	M.A.	1991	A Nautical Archaeological Study of Kublai Khan's Fleets
James, Stephen	M.A.	1985	The Analysis of the Conde de Tolosa and the Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Olive Jar Assemblage
Jobling, Harold James	M.A.	1993	The History and Development of English Anchors ca. 1550 to 1850
Johnson, David A.	M.A.	2001	Port Royal, Jamaica, and the Slave Trade
Jones, Michael R.	M.A.	2007	Oxhide Ingots, Copper Production, and the Mediterranean Trade in Copper and Other Metals in the Bronze Age
Jones, Toby Nephi	M.A.	2004	The Mica shipwreck: Deepwater nautical archaeology in the Gulf of Mexico
Kampbell, Sarah	M.A.	2007	The Pantano Longarini Shipwreck: A Reanalysis
Kane, Adam I.	M.A.	2001	The Western River Steamboat: Structure and Machinery, 1811 to 1860
Kane, Timothy J.	M.A.	2006	Influence and Evolution: The Development of the Batten Lug Sail
Lakey, Denise	M.A.	1987	Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Cadiz: A Catalog of Historically Documented Wrecks from the Fifteenth Through the Nineteenth Centuries
Lamb, William	M.A.	1988	The Provenance of the Stone Ballast from the Molasses Reef Wreck
Lang, Shelley	M.A.	1986	The Mittie Stephens: A Sidewheel Steamboat on the Inland Rivers, 1863-1869
Leidwanger, Justin	M.A.	2006	Results of the First Two Season of Underwater Surveys at Episkopi Bay and Akrotiri, Cyprus
Leshikar, Margaret	M.A.	1993	The 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail, Cayman Islands, British West Indies: A Historical Study and Archaeological Survey
Lessman, Anne W.	M.A.	1997	The Rhenish Stoneware from the Monte Cristi Shipwreck, Dominican Republic
Levin, Joshua A.	M.A.	2006	Western Empire: The Deep Water Wreck of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Wooden Sailing Ship
Lin, Shih-Han Samuel	M.A.	2003	Lading of the Late Bronze Age ship at Uluburun
Lloyd, Manuela	M.A.	1984	A Byzantine Shipwreck at Iskandil Burnu, Turkey: Preliminary Report
Lyon, Jerry	M.A.	1993	The Pottery from a Fifth Century B.C. Shipwreck at Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Mack, Joy Kitson-Mim	M.A.	1988	The Glass Beakers of the Eleventh-Century Serce Limani Shipwreck: A Preliminary Study
Makela, Tommi T.	M.A.	2002	Ships and Shipbuilding in Mesopotamia (CA. 3000-2000 B.C.)
Margariti, Roxani Eleni	M.A.	1998	The Seytan Deresi Wreck and the Minoan Connection in the Eastern Aegean
Mark, Samuel	M.A.	1993	A Study of Possible Trade Routes Between Egypt and Mesopotamia, ca. 3500-3100 B.C.
Mark, Samuel	Ph.D.	2000	Homeric Seafaring
Marquez, Carmen	M.A.	1995	Cultural Contributions to the Island of St. John, United States Virgin Islands; Underwater Historical Archaeology at Cruz Bay
Matthews, Sheila	M.A.	1983	The Rig of the Eleventh-Century Ship at Serce Liman, Turkey
McClenaghan, Patricia	M.A.	1988	Drinking Glasses from Port Royal, Jamaica, Circa 1660-1850: A Study of Styles and Usage.
McDermott, Brendan J.	M.A.	1998	English and American Shipboard Carpenters.ca. 1725-1825
McLaughlin, Kathleen	M.A.	1992	Two Eighteenth-Century Prams from the Ijsselmeer Polders.
McLaughlin, Scott A.	M.A.	2000	History Told from the Depths of Lake Champlain: 1992-1993 Fort Ticonderoga-Mount Independence Submerged Cultural Resource Survey
Merwin, Daria E.	M.A.	2000	Gilbert M. Smith, Master Boatbuilder of Long Island, New York
Miller, Mason D.	M.A.	2001	Nova Virgem: The Story of a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Slave Smuggler
Miyashita, Hiroaki	M.A.	2006	Ancient Ships of Japan
Monroe, Christopher	M.A.	1990	The Boatbuilding Industry of New Kingdom Egypt
Moore, Charles	M.A.	1993	Salmon Fishing Boats of the North American Pacific Coast in the Era of Oar and Sail
Morden, Margaret	M.A.	1982	The Glass Lamps from the 11th-Century Shipwreck at Serce Liman, Turkey
Mott, Lawrence V.	M.A.	1990	The Development of the Rudder, 100-1600 A.D.: A Technological Tale
Myers, Mark	M.A.	1987	The Evolution of Hull Design in Sixteenth-Century English Ships of War
Neyland, Robert	M.A.	1990	The Lyon Creek Boat Remains
Neyland, Robert	Ph.D.	1994	A Study of the Cultural Adaptation in Pram-Class Boatbuilding in the Netherlands
Nowak, Troy J.	M.A.	2006	Archaeological Evidence for Ship Eyes: An Analysis of Their Form and Function
Oertling, Thomas	M.A.	1984	The History and Development of Ships' Bilge Pumps, 1500-1840
Olsen, Carol	M.A.	1984	Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Figure Heads from the Mystic Seaport Museum Collection
Oron, Asaf	M.A.	2001	The Athlit Ram: Classical and Hellenistic Bronze Casting Technology
Parrent, James	M.A.	1983	The Conservation of Waterlogged Wood Using Sucrose
Parrent, James	Ph.D.	1990	Management of Historic Ship Archaeological Sites in the Caribbean
Peachey, Claire	M.A.	1995	Terebinth Resin in Antiquity: Possible Uses in the Late Bronze Age Aegean Region
Pedersen, Ralph	M.A.	1991	Waterschip NZ42i: A Late Medieval Fishing Vessel from Flevoland, The Netherlands
Pridemore, Matthew	M.A.	1996	The Form, Function, and Interrelationships of Naval Rams: A Study of Naval Rams from Antiquity
Pulak, Cemalettin	M.A.	1987	A Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Ulu Burun: Preliminary Analysis (1984-1985 Excavation Campaigns)
Pulak, Cemalettin	Ph.D.	1996	Analysis of the Weight Assemblages from the Late Bronze Age Shipwrecks at Uluburun and Cape Gelidonya, Turkey
Quinn, Kendra L.	M.A.	1999	Shipboard Lighting: A.D. 400-1900
Randolph, Anthony	M.A.	2003	The Analysis and Conservation of the Belle Footwear Assemblage
Ray, Lillian	M.A.	1992	Venetian Ships and Seafaring Up to the Nautical Revolution: A Study Based on Artistic Representations of Ships and Boats Before ca. 1450
Renner, Mary Ann	M.A.	1987	Eighteenth-Century Merchant Ship Interiors
Riess, Warren	M.A.	1980	The History of, and Search for, the Seventeenth Century Bristol Merchantman Angel Gabriel
Robinson, David S.	M.A.	1999	Indiana: The History and Archaeology of an Early Great Lakes Propeller
Rogers, Edward	M.A.	1996	An Analysis of Tomb Reliefs Depicting Boat Construction from the Old Kingdom Period in Egypt
Romey, Kristin	M.A.	2003	The Vogelbarke of Medinet Habu
Rosloff, Jay	M.A.	1986	The Water Street Ship: Preliminary Analysis of an Eighteenth-Century Merchant Ship's Bow
Royal, Jeffrey G.	Ph.D.	2002	The Development and Utilization of Ship Technology in the Roman World in Late Antiquity: Third to Seventh Century AD. onstruction and Qualitative Analysis of a Sewn Boat of the Western Indian Ocean
Sabick, Christopher R.	M.A.	2004	His Majesty's Hired Transport Schooner Nancy
Scafuri, Michael P.	M.A.	2002	Byzantine Naval Power and Trade: The Collapse of the Western Frontier
Schwarz, George	M.A.	2008	The History and Development of Caravels
Shatto, Rahilla C.A.	M.A.	1998	Maritime Trade and Seafaring of the Precolumbian Maya
Shuey, Elisabeth	M.A.	1978	Underwater Survey and Excavation at the Ancient Port of Gravisca, Italy
Simmons, Joe John	M.A.	1985	The Development of External Sanitary Facilities Aboard Ships of the Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
Slane, Dorothy	M.A.	1982	The History of the Anchorage at Serce Liman, Turkey
Smith, Mark	M.A.	1995	The Development of Maritime Trade between India and the West from c. 1000 to c. 120 B.C.
Smith, C.Wayne	Ph.D	1995	Analysis of the Weight Assemblage of Port Royal, Jamaica
Smith, Roger	M.A.	1981	The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands: Contributions in Nautical Archaeology.
Sowden, Carrie E.	M.A.	2006	A Shipping Crate from the 1865 California Shipwreck Brother Jonathan: Hardware from the Russel and Erwin Manufacturing Company
Steere, Alisa M.	M.A.	2005	The Evolution of Decorative Work on English Men-of-War From the 16th to the 19th Centuries
Stewart, David	M.A.	1997	Ravaging the Wine Dark Sea: Attacks on Crete by Sea Raiders during the Bronze Age
Stewart, David	Ph.D.	2004	'Rocks and storms I'll fear no more': Anglo-American maritime memorialization, 1700-1940
Swanick, Lois A.	M.A.	2005	An Analysis of Navigational Instruments in the Age of Exploration: 15th Century to Mid-17th Century
Thompson, Bruce	M.A.	1988	The Rigging of a 17th-Century Frigate at Mombasa, Kenya
Thornton, Diana	M.A.	1992	The Probate Inventories of Port Royal, Jamaica
Tolson, Hawk	M.A.	1992	The Vernacular Watercraft of Isle Royale: A Western Lake Superior Boatbuilding Tradition
Trakadas, Athena L.	M.A.	1999	Skills as Tribute: Phoenician Sailors and Shipwrights in the Service of Neo Assyria
Trussell, Timothy	Ph.D	2004	Artifacts of Ambition: How the Seventeenth-Century Middle Class at Port Royal Foreshadowed the Consumer Revolution.
Turner, Grace S. R.	M.A.	2004	Bahamian Ship Grafitti
Turner, Samuel	M.A.	1994	Saona Artillery: Implications for Inter-Island Trade and Shipboard Armaments in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century
van Alfen, Peter G.	M.A.	1995	A Restudy of the Cylindrical Amphoras form the Seventh-Century Yassi Ada Shipwreck
van de Moortel, Alydis	M.A.	1987	A Cog-Like Vessel from the Netherlands
VanHorn, Kellie Michelle	M.A.	2004	Eighteenth Century Colonian American Merchant Ship Construction
Vezeau, Susan	M.A.	2004	The Mepkin Abbey Shipwreck: Diving into Mepkin Plantation's Past.
Vinson, Stephen	M.A.	1987	Boats of Egypt Before the Old Kingdom
Wadley, Cathryn	M.A.	1985	Historical Analysis of Pewter Spoons Recovered from the Sunken City of Port Royal, Jamaica
Walker, Daniel	M.A.	2006	The Identity and Construction of Wreck Baker: A War of 1812 Royal Navy Frigate
Washburn, Erika L.	M.A.	1998	Linnet: The History and Archaeology of a Brig from the War of 1812
Webb, Thanos A.	M.A.	1999	Mesolithic Fishing and Seafaring in the Aegean
Weinstein, Eri	M.A.	1992	The Recovery and Analysis of Paleoethnobotanical Remains from an Eighteenth Century Shipwreck
West, Michael C.	M.A.	2005	An Intact Chest from the 1686 French Shipwreck La Belle, Matagorda Bay, Texas: Artifacts from the La Salle Colonization Expedition to the Spanish Sea
Wills, Richard K.	M.A.	2000	The Louisiana State Museum Vessel: A Historical and Archaeological Analysis of an American Civil War-Era Submersible Boat
Winslow, Debra Lynn	M.A.	2000	Analysis of the Hollowware Pewter From Port Royal, Jamaica
Woodward, Robyn	M.A.	1988	The Charles Cotter Collection: A Study of the Ceramic and Faunal Remains