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. 

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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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