The 2007 North East Florida Symposium on Underwater Archaeology

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Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Project: Diver Underwater

The inaugural Northeast Florida Symposium on Underwater Archaeology was held at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ponte Vedra Beach just north of St. Augustine from March 20th through the 22nd, 2007. The Symposium, which was free and open to the general public, covered a host of topics including prehistoric underwater archaeology, the archaeology of a number of shipwreck sites in Florida, agency jurisdictions of submerged cultural resources, international shipwreck projects, and graduate student archaeological research projects. The symposium is intended to foster a better appreciation and understanding of underwater archaeology by county, state, and federal agency employees as well as the general public. It was well-attended and attracted a wide range of archaeologists, many of whom are considered leaders in their field, representing academia, government agencies, private archaeological firms, and private non-profit research institutes. The unanimous consensus was that the Symposium was a great success and with that enthusiasm from our colleagues we are committed to hosting this meeting on an annual basis.

In addition, we are currently in negotiations with several publishers interested in publishing a Symposium Proceedings volume. The Symposium program, which lists all of the speakers, their paper titles, and abstracts, is available as a download below.

Click here to read more about the Symposium, and to see pictures, from our official blog, LAMPosts.

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Our keynote speaker was George Fischer, Professor Emeritus at Florida State University and founder of the underwater archaeology program for the National Park Service. Professor Fischer was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Symposium reception on the evening of March 21st. Other speakers included:

Dr. Filipe Castro of Texas A&M University
Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook of the University of West Florida
Mr. Robin Moore of St. Johns County
Mr. Chuck Meide of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP)
Ms. Kathy Fleming of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum
Professor Greg Cook of the University of West Florida
Dr. John Gifford of the University of Miami
Dr. John Bratton of the University of West Florida
Dr. Sam Turner of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP)
Mr. David Ball of the Minerals Management Services
Dr. Joe Cozzi from the Mote Marine Laboratoy
Dr. Della Scott-Ireton Florida of the Public Archaeology Network
Dr. Barbara Purdy of the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Dr. Brian Jordan of the National Marine Protected Areas Center, NOAA
Mr. Steven Koski of the Little Salt Spring Research Facility, University of Miami
Dr. Michael Faught of Panamerican Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Andrew Lydecker of Panamerican Consultants, Inc.
Dr. Brian Marks of Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Michael Arbuthnot of Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Michael Krivor of Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc.
Mr. Jason Burns of Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc.
Dr. Michael Shirley of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Mr. Martin Healy of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Mr. Wayne Abramson, graduate student, University of West Florida
Ms. Christine Maverick, graduate student, University of West Florida
Ms. Krista Jordan, graduate student, University of West Florida

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