Benjamin Rennison - Archaeologist, Clemson Conservation Laboratory

H.L Hunley Submarine.
Discovery, Recovery, Excavation and Advanced Archaeological Mapping

Benjamin Rennison will present data on the H.L Hunley Submarine project based in Charleston, South Carolina. The presentation will cover the fascinating history of the H.L. Hunley and its predecessors, its usage, action and fateful sinking on February 17, 1864.

The presentation will detail the discovery of the sub in 1995 and move on to the recovery in 2000 and its subsequent excavation, focusing on the artifacts recovered and the advanced recording techniques pioneered in documenting the historic wreck.

Veronica Morriss - Texas A&M University

Following the Shifting Nile:
Religion, Seafaring, and Infrastructure in the Ancient Delta.
 1:30 - 1:50 p.m.

Dr. Kevin Crisman - Texas A&M University

"Coffins of the Brave" Two Hundred Years Later:
The Nautical Archaeology of the Naval War of 1812.
1:55 - 2:15 p.m.

Chad Gulseth - Texas A&M University

Hunting Pirates:
Searching for the Shipwrecks of Black Bart.
2:20 - 2:40 p.m.

Break: Drinks and Light Refreshments Provided

2:40 - 2:55

John Albertson - Texas A&M University

The Novy Svet Wreck:
A Medieval Story in the North Black Sea.
2:55 - 3:15 p.m.

Tom Oertling - Texas A&M University at Galveston

Elissa
Past, Present, and Future.
3:20 - 3:40 p.m.

Keynote Speaker - Loren Steffy - The Houston Chronicle

The Man Who Thought Like a Ship.
3:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Loren Steffy, business columnist for the Houston Chronicle and author of The Man Who Thought Like a Ship, a biography of the late J. Richard Steffy - a pioneer in the fields of nautical archaeolgy and ship reconstruction and faculty member of the Nautical Archaeology Program.