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- MATERIALS OF CONQUEST: A STUDY USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY IN THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS OF TWO SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH EXPEDITIONS.
- Author
- Linden, Sarah Elizabeth, Worth, John E., Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Bratten, John R., University of West Florida
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This study traced metallic materials recovered from a number of 16th-century Spanish archaeological sites across the southeastern United States using handheld portable X-Ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology. Artifacts recovered from the Hernando de Soto winter encampment site (Martin site), and the Tristan de Luna colonization fleet shipwrecks (Emanuel Point shipwrecks), and European artifacts of unknown origin from Native American archaeological sites were tested using an Olympus Innov-X pXRF...
Show moreThis study traced metallic materials recovered from a number of 16th-century Spanish archaeological sites across the southeastern United States using handheld portable X-Ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology. Artifacts recovered from the Hernando de Soto winter encampment site (Martin site), and the Tristan de Luna colonization fleet shipwrecks (Emanuel Point shipwrecks), and European artifacts of unknown origin from Native American archaeological sites were tested using an Olympus Innov-X pXRF analyzer. Through the use of basic mathematical analysis, iron and copper alloy artifacts evaluated using standard deviation and Euclidean distance scoring techniques resulting in a basic chemical comparison. Findings were not able to conclusively tie particular artifacts to specific expeditions, but similarities in whole sample sets were found, leading to interesting conclusions and potential for further analysis.
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- 2013
- Identifier
- WFE0000425, uwf:61167
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- Document (PDF)
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- MOLINO MILLS: THE MARITIME CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF A RECONSTRUCTION ERA SAWMILL IN MOLINO, FLORIDA.
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- Grinnan, Joseph James, Worth, John, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Cook, Gregory D., University of West Florida
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The economic disposition of Molino, Florida, depended on the prosperity of its industries. The lumber industry was the major determinant in the rise or fall of the city for much of the nineteenth century. The largest of these sawmills was a steam-powered mill aptly named Molino Mills. In 1866, a group of wealthy entrepreneurs built Molino Mills in the hopes of tapping into West Florida's lush, yellow pine forests. The mill is situated on the banks of the bustling Escambia River in the...
Show moreThe economic disposition of Molino, Florida, depended on the prosperity of its industries. The lumber industry was the major determinant in the rise or fall of the city for much of the nineteenth century. The largest of these sawmills was a steam-powered mill aptly named Molino Mills. In 1866, a group of wealthy entrepreneurs built Molino Mills in the hopes of tapping into West Florida's lush, yellow pine forests. The mill is situated on the banks of the bustling Escambia River in the westernmost portion of Florida; however, the mill itself is not limited to its terrestrial components. Documentary research has revealed a maritime aspect in the culture surrounding the lumber industry, while riverine archaeological investigations have uncovered several structural features that extend into the river. Analysis of terrestrial and maritime fieldwork as well as primary documents delves into the maritime resources surrounding this Reconstruction Era sawmill. The analysis provides a unique viewpoint from which to examine Molino Mills and the West Florida lumber industry.
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- 2013
- Identifier
- WFE0000393, uwf:61072
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- Document (PDF)
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- NARROWED AND FILLED WITH TIMBER: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE AFT COMPONENTS OF THE EMANUEL POINT TWO SHIPWRECK.
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- Atkinson, Stephen Bradford, Cook, Gregory D., Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Bratten, John R., University of West Florida
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The stern construction of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck was systematically analyzed and compared to eight other shipwrecks from the 16th century to determine the true nature of the stern's original shape. It has largely been assumed that Iberian vessels from the mid-16th century onward carried a square tuck stern, but archaeological analysis of the sternpost, gudgeons, and pintles from the Emanuel Point II shipwreck as well as other wreck sites have produced a list of characteristics...
Show moreThe stern construction of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck was systematically analyzed and compared to eight other shipwrecks from the 16th century to determine the true nature of the stern's original shape. It has largely been assumed that Iberian vessels from the mid-16th century onward carried a square tuck stern, but archaeological analysis of the sternpost, gudgeons, and pintles from the Emanuel Point II shipwreck as well as other wreck sites have produced a list of characteristics archaeologists can apply to wreck sites in order to gain a better understanding of stern shape. Archaeological evidence suggests that the shape of the stern of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck has a higher probability of being rounded, an earlier trait of ship construction from the Iberian Peninsula.
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- 2017
- Identifier
- WFE0000568, uwf:61174
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- Document (PDF)
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- STUDYING THE HEARTS OF SHIPS: 16TH-CENTURY MAINMAST STEPS AND BILGE PUMP ASSEMBLIES THROUGH AN ANNALES NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
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- Bendig, Charles Dillon, Cook, Gregory, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Bratten, John, Worth, John, University of West Florida
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Over the past 30 years numerous archaeological investigations have revealed several 16th-century shipwrecks in various states of preservation. Many of these include evidence for the mainmast step and, occasionally, remaining vestiges of the bilge pump assemblies. Surviving mainmast steps allow archaeologists to create datasets to understand specific timeframes for shipbuilding methodology. Previous research is often focused on frame construction and the features related to regional...
Show moreOver the past 30 years numerous archaeological investigations have revealed several 16th-century shipwrecks in various states of preservation. Many of these include evidence for the mainmast step and, occasionally, remaining vestiges of the bilge pump assemblies. Surviving mainmast steps allow archaeologists to create datasets to understand specific timeframes for shipbuilding methodology. Previous research is often focused on frame construction and the features related to regional shipbuilding traditions that led to cross-oceanic travel. Archaeologists need to reevaluate their methodology by applying the French annales approach, which attempts to understand the multi-layer trends and fluctuations throughout history, including between the archaeological record and the historical events that encapsulate shipbuilding modifications. This thesis also outlines methodology in conducting in-situ analysis on the central-internal hull of the Emanuel Point II (EP II) shipwreck. Results from this study connect not only to the ill-fated Tristan de Luna y Arellano expedition of 1559, which EP II was once part of, but also trends in technological developments, as revealed in the archaeological record, on central internal hull construction. Nautical archaeologists can benefit using a multi-tiered analysis to reveal shipbuilding trends as concerns mainmast step and bilge pump assembly.
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- 2016
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- WFE0000551, uwf:61238
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- Document (PDF)
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- TALKING SMACK: THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF PENSACOLA'S RED SNAPPER FISHING INDUSTRY.
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- Bucchino, Nicole Rae, Scott-Ireton, Della, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Cook, Gregory D., University of West Florida
- Abstract/Description
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hough human populations living along northwest Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast have long utilized locally abundant marine resources, the formation of a red snapper fishing industry in Pensacola, Florida, brought marine resource exploitation in the region to an unprecedented level in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Along with other industries, commercial red snapper fishing in Pensacola underwent significant growth during this period and helped shape the port city's new importance as a...
Show morehough human populations living along northwest Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast have long utilized locally abundant marine resources, the formation of a red snapper fishing industry in Pensacola, Florida, brought marine resource exploitation in the region to an unprecedented level in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Along with other industries, commercial red snapper fishing in Pensacola underwent significant growth during this period and helped shape the port city's new importance as a cosmopolitan, southern economic center. Utilizing a historical ecological approach, this thesis provides a multidisciplinary analysis of commercial fishing culture, commercial fishing vessels, and the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery to explore the dynamic relationship the industry held with the local environment. Additionally, archaeological and historical evidence provides the basis for a model describing the structural and material characteristics of potential Pensacola commercial red snapper fishing shipwrecks in the region.
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- 2014
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- WFE0000429, uwf:61141
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- Document (PDF)
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- THAT MAGIC MOMENT WHEN ALL THE STARS WERE ALIGNED: NEW LEFT ACTIVISM AND THE PENSACOLA UNDERGROUND PRESS.
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- Satterwhite, Christopher Scott, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Earle, David, Moore, Patrick, University of West Florida
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By the end of the Sixties, the underground press in the United States grew from five papers in 1965 to hundreds by the end of the decade. As the underground press movement flourished throughout the counterculture, radical media spread from the college campus to the military town. In 1971, Pensacola, Florida, joined the growing ranks of American cities with an underground press. Pensacola's unique history as a military town with an engaged radical student element on its college campuses...
Show moreBy the end of the Sixties, the underground press in the United States grew from five papers in 1965 to hundreds by the end of the decade. As the underground press movement flourished throughout the counterculture, radical media spread from the college campus to the military town. In 1971, Pensacola, Florida, joined the growing ranks of American cities with an underground press. Pensacola's unique history as a military town with an engaged radical student element on its college campuses allowed for the rapid growth of local underground press. Furthermore, Pensacola's location between two major Southern cities, New Orleans and Atlanta, with established underground papers immensely aided Pensacola activists as they honed their craft. Pensacola's underground newspaper, Fish Cheer, soon acquired an active readership comprised of students, active-duty servicemen, veterans, and the general population. These readers entered the contentious public discourse over Vietnam, race relations, feminism, and more. As young people took notice, the government also paid close attention. Through F.B.I. surveillance records of the Fish Cheer's editorial collective, released under the Freedom of Information Act, a history emerges demonstrating the active role many local students and service members played in the rise and ultimate fall of the underground press movement.
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- 2014
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- WFE0000452, uwf:61137
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY SINGLE-SCREW STEAMER, CITY OF TAMPA.
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- Derlikowski, Andrew M., Cook, Gregory, Scott-Ireton, Della, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, University of West Florida
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The wreck of City of Tampa is located at the confluence of the Yellow River and Blackwater Bay in Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 7 ft. of water. A western-style single-screw steamer, the vessel operated during one of the most productive times in NW Florida's history. Built in Mason City, WV, it was single-decked, 12 ft. wide, and 91.3 ft. long. Once City of Tampa outlived its usefulness to its West Virginia owners, the "Tampa" was sold to interests in Florida and modified somewhere in the...
Show moreThe wreck of City of Tampa is located at the confluence of the Yellow River and Blackwater Bay in Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 7 ft. of water. A western-style single-screw steamer, the vessel operated during one of the most productive times in NW Florida's history. Built in Mason City, WV, it was single-decked, 12 ft. wide, and 91.3 ft. long. Once City of Tampa outlived its usefulness to its West Virginia owners, the "Tampa" was sold to interests in Florida and modified somewhere in the southeastern United States. The purpose of this thesis is to identify where these modifications occurred. An in-depth look into the history of the vessel, in order to gather a fuller picture of its use and importance to the area, is also explored.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000603, uwf:61304
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE MCDAVID BOAT.
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- Rutledge, Robert George, Bratten, John R., Cook, Gregory D., Mitchell-Cook, Amy, University of West Florida
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In 2011, local people pulled a wrecked, drifting boat from the Escambia River near the village of McDavid in northwestern Florida. Over the following two years, the vessel was examined by teams of archaeologists from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Unlike traditional shipwrecks, this small boat had no identifying elements and was completely without a related site, artifacts, cargo, or remaining physical elements that could help answer the researchers' questions about its...
Show moreIn 2011, local people pulled a wrecked, drifting boat from the Escambia River near the village of McDavid in northwestern Florida. Over the following two years, the vessel was examined by teams of archaeologists from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Unlike traditional shipwrecks, this small boat had no identifying elements and was completely without a related site, artifacts, cargo, or remaining physical elements that could help answer the researchers' questions about its origin and purpose. Sonar and magnetometer surveys were inconclusive, and none of the missing hull pieces, power-plant elements, or steering gear components were found. Thus, analysis of the vessel has been developed through a discussion of maritime power system knowledge, the origins of propeller systems, the availability of steam and internal-combustion essentials in the region, and likely origins of the lumber and nails used to build the craft.
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- 2016
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- WFE0000547, uwf:61212
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE PRINCIPLES OF 1798 IN 1812: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICALITY ON POLITICAL DECISION MAKING IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC.
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- Bradley, Jacob Arthur, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Belko, William S., Pursell, Mathew, University of West Florida
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It is my intention to display the role of ideology, principle, and republican doctrine in determining Republican policy in the Early Republic. In order to produce an interpretation of the relationship between Republican principle and policy, I focus on one party, one chamber, and one session of congress. The House of Representatives' debates and votes in the first session of the Twelfth Congress provide an excellent window into Republican thought in the Early Republic. I focus on the House of...
Show moreIt is my intention to display the role of ideology, principle, and republican doctrine in determining Republican policy in the Early Republic. In order to produce an interpretation of the relationship between Republican principle and policy, I focus on one party, one chamber, and one session of congress. The House of Representatives' debates and votes in the first session of the Twelfth Congress provide an excellent window into Republican thought in the Early Republic. I focus on the House of Representatives because of the abundance of recorded speeches in the Annals of Congress. Although all Republicans derived from the Jeffersonian Republican party in the 1790s, by 1812 most Republicans differed in their opinions on policy. In analyzing the debates in the Twelfth Congress, I compare them to the debates in the Fifth Congress and the Eleventh Congress in order to document changes and consistencies among the periods. Like myself, the Republicans in 1812 studied their party's founding in the opposition to John Adams' administration and applied evidence from the 1790s in support of their arguments. All Republicans believed they adhered to the "principles of '98," but few agreed on exactly what those principles meant and how they should employ them.
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- 2014
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- WFE0000466, uwf:61080
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- Document (PDF)
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- THEY ARE RICH ONLY BY THE SEA: TESTING A MODEL TO INVESTIGATE CALUSA SALVAGE OF 16TH- AND EARLY-17TH-CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWRECKS.
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- McGuire, Kelsey Marie, Worth, John, Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Cook, Gregory, Champagne, Marie-Therese, University of West Florida
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Archaeologists in South Florida have uncovered Spanish items from 16th- and early- 17th-century Calusa sites. Certainly, many of these are the material remains of official trade networks between Spaniards and indigenous peoples, but archaeological evidence suggests that the Calusa also acquired Spanish goods by salvaging shipwrecks. Colonial documents likewise indicate that shipwreck salvage was prevalent along the Florida coast. This project examines historical and archaeological evidence in...
Show moreArchaeologists in South Florida have uncovered Spanish items from 16th- and early- 17th-century Calusa sites. Certainly, many of these are the material remains of official trade networks between Spaniards and indigenous peoples, but archaeological evidence suggests that the Calusa also acquired Spanish goods by salvaging shipwrecks. Colonial documents likewise indicate that shipwreck salvage was prevalent along the Florida coast. This project examines historical and archaeological evidence in conjunction with an original model in order to examine the influence of the Spanish maritime activity on an indigenous population in colonial-era Florida.
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- 2015
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- WFE0000485, uwf:61126
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- Document (PDF)
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- WHERE FIRE MEETS WATER: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CENTERBOARD SCHOONER.
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- Haddock, Daniel Allen, Bratten, John R., Mitchell-Cook, Amy, Cook, Gregory D., University of West Florida
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The Centerboard Schooner is a late 19th-century wreck located on the Blackwater River near Milton, Florida. Students from the University of West Florida investigated this site during the 2010 and 2011 maritime field schools. Excavations on the Centerboard Schooner provided evidence that this vessel was most likely abandoned before the 20th-century. The schooner's size and archaeological data suggest that it was built on the Gulf Coast. Other regional shipwrecks identified as schooners were...
Show moreThe Centerboard Schooner is a late 19th-century wreck located on the Blackwater River near Milton, Florida. Students from the University of West Florida investigated this site during the 2010 and 2011 maritime field schools. Excavations on the Centerboard Schooner provided evidence that this vessel was most likely abandoned before the 20th-century. The schooner's size and archaeological data suggest that it was built on the Gulf Coast. Other regional shipwrecks identified as schooners were used in comparison to better understand the role that this schooner played in the maritime economy. The Blackwater River is rich with maritime history. Historical documentation indicates that this schooner may have been a casualty of Confederate actions during the American Civil War. Archaeological and historical data suggest that the Centerboard Schooner operated during the middle to late 19th century as a regional merchant vessel.
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- 2014
- Identifier
- WFE0000462, uwf:61111
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- Document (PDF)