SEAMAHP creates hands-on, innovative programs in Maritime Archaeology. Our non-profit organization offers opportunities to learn about maritime archaeology and history through investigations of sites and artifacts. Dr. Calvin Mires and Captain Laurel Seaborn, as co-founders of this program, believe that experiential learning brings maritime stories to life for students. SEAMAHP courses focus on human creativity…
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Outreach 2025
Upcoming presentations: Seafaring Women in the Age of Sail : – Lunch & Learn on 2 Dec 2024 at the Florida Keys History and Discovery Center in Islamorada. Please contact us if you are looking for a speaker for your organization.We are always up for collaborations with interested organizations in order to promote awareness of…
Book Chapter
Our chapter on SEAMAHP has been published! Look for it in the edited volume Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology: The Power of Public Engagement, eds. Della Scott-Ireton, Jennifer Jones, and Jason Raupp, published at University Press of Florida. AND the volume won a 2024 book prize! from the University of Mary Washington, Center for Historic Preservation: …
Upcoming 2025 Field School @ SSU
Be part of the dig! Join us for our summer field school next July, 2025. SEAMAHP will be running a hands-on archaeological dig of a foreshore shipwreck, as an accredited course through Salem State University (SSU) in Massachusetts. Previous field schools occurred on a steamship wreck believed to be the City of Rockland on Little…
Past SSU Field School (2018)
Our SSU field school adventure (16-20 July, 2018) took us to investigatate the steamship wreck of the City of Rockland on Little Misery Island. The landing-craft type boat Naumkeag dropped us off on the shore, and as the tide went out, the shipwreck slowly became revealed. Guests included Stephen Young who came to take drone footage…
Experiencing a Field School
Wondering about what you might experience on site with us next summer? — Visit Alli’s Blog (Objects & Archaeology: Where does the story take you? from 17 Nov, 2015 for her description of our field school. Stay tuned for our upcoming projects and courses… photo © SEAMAHP
2017 SSU Field School
We had a great field school with our adult and college students! We expanded the investigations of the Ada K. Damon shipwreck on Steep Hill Beach at the Crane Estate held by the Trustees of Reservations. From sailing on schooner Fame to a visit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, and tour of the Burnham shipyard, students were immersed…
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