At the Crossroads : Maritime Systems in Transition and the Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard North Carolina

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Lindsay S. Smith (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Advisor

Nathan Richards

Abstract: The Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard in the Pasquotank River represents the largest assemblage of deliberately discarded watercraft found in North Carolina to date. Applying Annales School principles to the abandonment complex surrounding Elizabeth City this research aims to illuminate the city's historic maritime interaction on Braudel's three levels of history the longue dure[acute]e conjonctures and l'histoire e[acute]ve[acute]nementielle. Grounded in a behavioral/psychological theoretical framework this research will also provide an analysis of the abandonment complex's site formation and abandonment processes. This thesis will attempt to assess the potential of a combined Behavioral-Annales theoretical approach for supplementing Elizabeth City's established maritime history expanding archaeologists' knowledge on abandonment patterns seen throughout North Carolina and contributing to existing worldwide archaeological research on abandoned vessels. 

Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Language: English

Date: 2012

Keywords

Archaeology, "History, United States, Anthropology"

Subjects

Ships--Abandoning of

Elizabeth City Ships' Graveyard

Elizabeth City (N.C.)--History

Pasquotank River (N.C.)

Shipwrecks--North Carolina--History

Shipwrecks--North Carolina--Antiquities

Underwater archaeology--North Carolina--Pasquotank River

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