Lake Erie Underwater Archaeology – Pulling Back the Blue Curtain to Reveal History
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Lake Erie Underwater Archaeology – Pulling Back the Blue Curtain to Reveal History
Underwater archaeology is occurring throughout the Great Lakes and is contributing to our understanding of past cultures from thousands of years ago to the early 20th century. Ben Ford will speak about recent underwater archaeology projects undertaken by PASST (Pennsylvania Archaeology Shipwreck Survey Team) and what these shipwrecks tell us about Great Lakes maritime culture.
Ben Ford is the Chair of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an anthropologist specializing in historical and underwater archaeology. Originally from Cincinnati, he now lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania with a spouse, two kids, dog, and bearded dragon. His recent publications include The Shore is a Bridge: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Lake Ontario and Our Blue Planet: An Introduction to Maritime and Underwater Archaeology (with Jessi Halligan and Alexis Catsambis).
Underwater archaeology is occurring throughout the Great Lakes and is contributing to our understanding of past cultures from thousands of years ago to the early 20th century. Ben Ford will speak about recent underwater archaeology projects undertaken by PASST (Pennsylvania Archaeology Shipwreck Survey Team) and what these shipwrecks tell us about Great Lakes maritime culture.
Ben Ford is the Chair of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an anthropologist specializing in historical and underwater archaeology. Originally from Cincinnati, he now lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania with a spouse, two kids, dog, and bearded dragon. His recent publications include The Shore is a Bridge: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Lake Ontario and Our Blue Planet: An Introduction to Maritime and Underwater Archaeology (with Jessi Halligan and Alexis Catsambis).
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918 Rolling Meadows Rd, Waynesburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15370
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Host or PublisherGreene County Historical Society Museum
