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The wreck site in January 2006.
A
Hands-on Experience in the Science of Archaeology
Dates:
To Be Announced
Location: Port Isabel, Texas
(Travel to the to the field
school at Port
Isabel, Texas the responsibility of the participant)
Fees:
To Be Announced
Enrollment Limit:
12
Presented by:
The PAST Foundation & Texas
Historical Commission's Texas
Preservation Trust Fund
Lead Instructors:
Andrew Hall and Dr. Annalies Corbin
A schooner similar in general appearance to the
Boca Chica Wreck. Drawing by George C. Wales.
Description:
The Boca Chica
Shipwreck Project is a hands-on archaeological field school focusing on a 19th century schooner stranded on the beach
just north of the Texas/Mexico border. Participants will learn about
the different aspects of a scientific
archaeological investigation while recording the shipwreck via
mapping, test excavation and artifact analysis.
Specific project
activities undertaken by participants under professional
direction/instruction include:
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Site mapping and
drawing
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Photographic mapping
techniques
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Panoramic and stereo
site photography
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Artifact
stabilization
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Artifact recording
and photography
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Constructing and using single, parallel and zigzag baselines
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Project report development
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Project website construction and organization
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Excavation techniques
Restrictions:
Adults able to participate actively in outdoor,
archaeological field work.
High school students visit the Boca Chica Wreck
site, 2002.
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