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Sheli O. Smith, PhD
Director of Operations |
Dr. Sheli O. Smith joins the PAST Foundation with a
strong background in museum work and archaeological interpretation for both
K-12 and public audiences. Her particular research interests include
lifeways at sea and the ways those are reflected in the layout of ships, and
trade networks in the Pacific in the 18th and 19th centuries. For the past
20 years, Dr. Smith has focused primarily Gold Rush-era shipwreck sites,
located in California, the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Among the
projects she has worked on in her career are the1779 American privateer brig
Defense (located in Maine), the c. 1710 Ronson Ship (New York), the
1864 American clipper ship Snow Squall (Falkland Islands), the 1859
American barque La Grange (Sacramento), the 1855 American barque
Julia Ann (Tahiti), and the Emerald Bay, California State Underwater
Park.
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