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***UASC October 2022 MEETING****
Wednesday, October 26th @ 07:00 PM CST – Meeting of Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
Featured Presenter: John O'Shea is the Curator of Great Lakes Archaeology at the University of Michigan
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology and Professor in the Department of Anthropology
Presenting: What’s in a Name? Vessel Identification and the Archaeology of Shipwrecks
Meeting timetable:
Social: 06:30 – 07:00 PM CST, Business Meeting: 07:00 – 08:00 PM, Presentations: 08:00 – 09:00 PM CST (or later, if necessary)
In Person at:
CHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM
1200 West 35th Street, River Level
Chicago, Illinois 60609
773-376-1982
On Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vd-6oqzsiGNek9HUnLKmvDc6BJRUFh5PJ
What’s in a Name? Vessel Identification and the Archaeology of Shipwrecks
When a new wreck is discovered, perhaps the single most important task for the researcher is determining the vessel’s name. Once identified, a wealth of historical and contextual information can be linked to the vessel, such as the name of its captain, its cargo, its history, and it’s never reached destination. But what happens when there is no name painted on the transom or imprinted on fixtures? There are numerous examples in the Great Lakes where largely intact wrecks remain unidentified, or even worse, been misidentified. And what about wrecks that have been badly broken up and scattered during and after the wrecking process? At this point, the investigation becomes less a historical problem and more one familiar to archaeologists. In this talk, I will consider shipwrecks as an archaeological, rather than purely historical, problem and consider some methods that are used to determine the identity of lost vessels.
Biography:
John O'Shea is the Curator of Great Lakes Archaeology at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology and Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He has a BA in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska, a Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology from Oxford University, and received his PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology from Cambridge University. He has directed major field projects focused on Bronze Age societies in Hungary, Romania, and Serbia, and on late prehistoric cultures in North America. He is also actively engaged in underwater archaeology, where his research involves both historic shipwrecks and submerged prehistoric sites in the Great Lakes.
Thanks,
Scott Reimer
UASC President
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NAS Senior Tutor
Kendra Kennedy
***UASC September 2022 MEETING****
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 07:00 PM CST – Meeting of Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
Meeting is hybrid both on Zoom and in-person at the Chicago Marine Time Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Meeting timetable:
Social: 06:30 – 07:00 PM CST, Business Meeting: 07:00 – 08:00 PM, Presentations: 08:00 – 09:00 PM CST (or later, if necessary)
Meeting Registration link (NOTE: MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE):
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc-6ppzsqHtdqSe-xDKPOeKt2c_5QU-n0
Pre-meeting Informal Social; 06:30 – 07:00
Business Meeting; 07:00 – 08:00
Featured Presentation: 08:00 – 09:00 (or later if necessary)
Thanks,
Scott Reimer
UASC President
Email:
***UASC August 2022 MEETING****
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 07:00 PM CST – Meeting of Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
Over the course of summer 2022 a total of 29 sonar scans were made from the Diving Belle, over 24 different sites, with varying results. This presentation will report on the work done and the best of the results.
John Bell is a Past President and current Treasurer of the UASC. The Diving Belle has served as a platform for many UASC survey activities, involving both sonar scanning and dive operations.
Meeting is hybrid both on Zoom and in-person at the Chicago Marine Time Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
If coming in person, please remember the upper North Parking Lot and the North Entrance at the Bridgeport Art Center/Chicago Maritime Museum will be closed for repairs on Wed. Aug. 31. If you are attending the UASC meeting, you will need to park in the far North Parking Lot and use the Racine/East entrance to access the building. The access code for that entrance is *0822.
Meeting timetable:
Social: 06:30 – 07:00 PM CST, Business Meeting: 07:00 – 08:00 PM, Presentations: 08:00 – 09:00 PM CST (or later, if necessary)
Meeting Registration link (NOTE: MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE):
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcOiupzkvGtygQAvBqnuG12zYIFCA3QCd
Pre-meeting Informal Social; 06:30 – 07:00
Business Meeting; 07:00 – 08:00
Featured Presentation: 08:00 – 09:00 (or later if necessary)
Thanks,
Scott Reimer
UASC President
Email:
***UASC JUNE 2022 MEETING****
Wednesday, June 29th @ 07:00 PM CST – Meeting of Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
Kelsey Rooney and Chris Scott presenting on a newly located wreck currently named “Nicole’s Wreck”. This includes a photogrammetric model they have created.
More information will be sent out shortly
Meeting is hybrid both on Zoom and in-person at the Chicago Marine Time Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Meeting timetable:
Social: 06:30 – 07:00 PM CST, Business Meeting: 07:00 – 08:00 PM, Presentations: 08:00 – 09:00 PM CST (or later, if necessary)
Meeting Registration link (NOTE: MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE):
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuf-urrTotE9dWbZkCc55ydi9jIOLnuJev
Pre-meeting Informal Social; 06:30 – 07:00
Business Meeting; 07:00 – 08:00
Featured Presentation: 08:00 – 09:00 (or later if necessary)
Thanks,
Scott Reimer
UASC President
Email:
The "Dive Reports" category is a place for individual members to submit reports of their ( local ) shipwreck dives, separate from any survey reports they may submit for particular survey projects. Information of particular interest is the date of the dive, dive conditions, visibility, general condition of the wreck site, and if there were any observable differences from previous dives on the same site.