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Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program gets $500K grant
Jan 17, 2020
The St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, Inc. (LAMP) has been awarded a $499,999 grant for the First Coast Maritime Archaeology Project: Hurricane Irma Damage Assessment and Mitigation Strategy from a Hurricane Irma National Park Service Subgrant from the Department of State’s Division of Historical Resources.
Funding for this program is provided by the National Park Service pursuant to its Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.
"The purpose of the Hurricane Irma National Park Service Subgrant is to allow museum archaeologists to assess and mitigate damage caused by Hurricane Irma at eight previously investigated shipwreck and shoreline sites," said Nicholas Budsberg, a LAMP archaeologist who helped write the grant, according to a press release.
The research funded by this grant will also allow archaeologists to re-investigate at least six offshore shipwreck sites along with two additional maritime sites located in the river bottom and tidal zone of the Tolomato River and Robinson Creek.
"The sites we are interested in are from a wide range of history and pre-history," said Chuck Meide, museum archaeological director, in the release. "We will be assessing these sites to determine a plan to best protect them from this kind of damage."
The team will produce 3D models of the sites as they map the sites underwater. This in turn may provide opportunities to locate and document other shipwrecks and cultural heritage. It will also aid educational programming at the Museum.
"The team will map large swaths of the ocean floor with multi-beam sonar at periodic intervals over the two-year grant period," said Brenda Swann, director of interpretations at the museum and a trained archaeologist, in the release.
"This may lead to the discovery of new shipwreck sites exposed by hurricane activity, and it will give educators more information to bring to the public about how and why St. Augustine has lasted as long as it has."
Jan 17, 2020
The St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, Inc. (LAMP) has been awarded a $499,999 grant for the First Coast Maritime Archaeology Project: Hurricane Irma Damage Assessment and Mitigation Strategy from a Hurricane Irma National Park Service Subgrant from the Department of State’s Division of Historical Resources.
Funding for this program is provided by the National Park Service pursuant to its Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program.
"The purpose of the Hurricane Irma National Park Service Subgrant is to allow museum archaeologists to assess and mitigate damage caused by Hurricane Irma at eight previously investigated shipwreck and shoreline sites," said Nicholas Budsberg, a LAMP archaeologist who helped write the grant, according to a press release.
The research funded by this grant will also allow archaeologists to re-investigate at least six offshore shipwreck sites along with two additional maritime sites located in the river bottom and tidal zone of the Tolomato River and Robinson Creek.
"The sites we are interested in are from a wide range of history and pre-history," said Chuck Meide, museum archaeological director, in the release. "We will be assessing these sites to determine a plan to best protect them from this kind of damage."
The team will produce 3D models of the sites as they map the sites underwater. This in turn may provide opportunities to locate and document other shipwrecks and cultural heritage. It will also aid educational programming at the Museum.
"The team will map large swaths of the ocean floor with multi-beam sonar at periodic intervals over the two-year grant period," said Brenda Swann, director of interpretations at the museum and a trained archaeologist, in the release.
"This may lead to the discovery of new shipwreck sites exposed by hurricane activity, and it will give educators more information to bring to the public about how and why St. Augustine has lasted as long as it has."
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