AJV Archaeology Aj Van Slyke

This is the third episode of the “LEGACY” series and is brought to you by Maritime Legacy Project: Jamaica. The Maritime Legacy Project: Jamaica is a geoarchaeological initiative to Search for Columbus’s last shipwrecks in Jamaica which are the maritime component of the Taíno-Spanish Encounter of 1503. Host and Archaeologist Andrew J. Van Slyke reads a paper co-authored with Dr. Marianne Franklin that they presented to the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (in April 2022) and to the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference (in January 2023).  In the coming months, the LEGACY series will interview the co-founders of the Maritime Legacy Project, Dr. Mare Everett Franklin, and Dorrick Gray, as well as others who have searched for the Caravels or joined our team, such as Dr. Morgan Smith, Shawn Joy, Gabrielle Miller, Chris Horrell, and Dr. Charles Bendig.  Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or wherever you enjoy podcasts. To listen on the web, visit www.ajvarchaeology.org 

This is the second episode of the “LEGACY” series and is brought to you by Maritime Legacy Project: Jamaica. The Maritime Legacy Project: Jamaica is a geoarchaeological initiative to Search for Columbus’s last shipwrecks in Jamaica which are the maritime component of the Taíno-Spanish Encounter of 1503. Host and Archaeologist Aj Van Slyke speaks on his start in the field, how his University of West Florida professors (Dr. Gregory Cook and Dr. Della Scott-Ireton of Florida Public Archaeology Network - Northwest Region), shipwrecks, and Jamaica’s maritime legacy shaped his experience.  In the coming months, the LEGACY series will interview the co-founders of the Maritime Legacy Project, Mare Everett Franklin, and Dorrick Gray, as well as others who have searched for the Caravels or joined our team, such as Morgan Smith, Shawn Joy, Gabrielle Miller, and Chris Horrell. Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, or wherever you enjoy podcasts. To listen on the web, visit ajvarchaeology.org

This is the first episode of the “LEGACY” series and is brought to you by Maritime Legacy Project: Jamaica. The Maritime Legacy Project is a geoarchaeological initiative to Search for Columbus’s last shipwrecks in Jamaica which are the maritime component of the Taíno-Spanish Encounter of 1503. Archaeologists Aj Van Slyke and Morgan Smith from the Maritime Legacy Project:Jamaica interview Jessi Halligan and talk about the pre-contact landscape of the Americas.In the coming months, the LEGACY series will interview the co-founders of the Maritime Legacy Project, Mare Everett Franklin and Dorrick Gray as well as others who have searched for the Caravels or join our team such as: Shawn Joy, Gabrielle Miller, and Chris Horrell.Dr. Jessi Halligan of the Florida State University and Dr. Morgan Smith of the University of Tennessee, Chatanooga, join the Podcast for an intriguing look at the archaeology of the First Americans. Recorded on Leif Erikson day (October 9, 2022) on the day before Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day, this Podcast broadens the context about humanity's arrival to the Americas and the rise of Columbus as an American symbol. With the broaden context, Halligan and Smith discuss the earliest sites in the Americas, their study of those specific geoarchaeological sites, and how archaeology continues to refine our understanding of symbols of the past.Find the podcast wherever you enjoy podcasts or at ajvarchaeology.org

This multi-part podcast series is an attempt to locate a Royal Naval vessel, which was destroyed in Blackwater Bay, part of the Pensacola Bay System, Florida, during the spring of 1781. The study utilized maritime cultural landscape theory to construct an understanding of the setting and circumstances in which the ship sank. A history of the vessel is introduced to add context to the historical and environmental analysis defined by a critical examination of the Royal Navy’s 18th-century concept of the maritime cultural landscape of Pensacola Bay. The methodology behind the remote sensing survey for the ship and subsequent testing of previously known shipwrecks in this study’s project area is described, and a location for the wrecked vessel is presented.

This Master’s Thesis could not have been completed without the great assistance of my advisors Dr. Della A. Scott-Ireton, Dr. Gregory D. Cook, and Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook. I thank you three for the continuous help and guidance!

This is the fourth part of the multi-part podcast series and is how maritime archaeologists use Spanish, French, English, and American hydrographic maps to build the Maritime Cultural Landscape Theory of 18th-century Royal Naval Pensacola Bay. Listen and Learn how the region’s environment and history is combined to construct an anthropological Maritime Cultural Landscape. This analytical mindset helps maritime archaeologists understand the historic battlefield in which HMS Mentor rests.

This multi-part podcast series is an attempt to locate a Royal Naval vessel, which was destroyed in Blackwater Bay, part of the Pensacola Bay System, Florida, during the spring of 1781. The study utilized maritime cultural landscape theory to construct an understanding of the setting and circumstances in which the ship sank. A history of the vessel is introduced to add context to the historical and environmental analysis defined by a critical examination of the Royal Navy’s 18th-century concept of the maritime cultural landscape of Pensacola Bay. The methodology behind the remote sensing survey for the ship and subsequent testing of previously known shipwrecks in this study’s project area is described, and a location for the wrecked vessel is presented.

This Master’s Thesis could not have been completed without the great assistance of my advisors Dr. Della A. Scott-Ireton, Dr. Gregory D. Cook, and Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook. I thank you three for the continuous help and guidance!

This is the third part of the multi-part podcast series and is how maritime archaeologists use Spanish, French, English, and American navigational charts to build the Maritime Cultural Landscape Theory of 18th-century Royal Naval Pensacola Bay. Listen and Learn how the Maritime Cultural Landscape Theory helps maritime archaeologists understand the historic battlefield in which HMS Mentor rests.

This multi-part podcast series is an attempt to locate a Royal Naval vessel, which was destroyed in Blackwater Bay, part of the Pensacola Bay System, Florida, during the spring of 1781. The study utilized maritime cultural landscape theory to construct an understanding of the setting and circumstances in which the ship sank. A history of the vessel is introduced to add context to the historical and environmental analysis defined by a critical examination of the Royal Navy’s 18th-century concept of the maritime cultural landscape of Pensacola Bay. The methodology behind the remote sensing survey for the ship and subsequent testing of previously known shipwrecks in this study’s project area is described, and a location for the wrecked vessel is presented.

This Master’s Thesis could not have been completed without the great assistance of my advisors Dr. Della A. Scott-Ireton, Dr. Gregory D. Cook, and Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook. I thank you three for the continuous help and guidance!

This is the second part of the multi-part podcast series and is the Introduction to the Maritime Cultural Landscape Theory of 18th-century Royal Naval Pensacola Bay. Listen and Learn how the Maritime Cultural Landscape Theory helps maritime archaeologists understand the historic battlefield in which HMS Mentor rests.