Past Chair Night

 

Important note: This meeting is on Thursday, March 27th. The registration deadline is important to help us plan the event  . . . please register by noon on Monday, March 17th. Why not just register now? Thank you!
 

Maria Jacobsen , Senior Archaeologist, will be giving a presentation on Excavation of the Civil War Submarine H.L. Hunley - Reconstructing an 1864 Crime Site:

On the night of February 17, 1864, the Confederate-built submarine H.L. Hunley attacked and sank the Union vessel USS Housatonic. This feat would mark its place in history as the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy vessel in combat; however, the experimental craft disappeared with all hands shortly after the attack. H.L. Hunley's fate remained a mystery until 1995, when it was discovered buried beneath the seabed off the coast of South Carolina. The submarine was recovered in August 2000 and transported to a laboratory, where it underwent scientific excavation and documentation. This presentation discusses some of the challenges faced by the interdisciplinary team investigating the H.L. Hunley, as well as the most recent data gleaned from preliminary studies. These data reveal important clues for understanding what happened to the submarine and its crew.

Maria Jacobsen is a Danish archaeologist with 27 years of experience in terrestrial as well as nautical archaeology. She has conducted fieldwork in northern Europe, the Near East, and in the United States and taught archaeology, anthropology and ancient ship reconstruction and languages. Currently, Jacobsen is the Senior Archaeologist and Excavation Manager directing the excavation of the Civil War submarine H. L. Hunley and related scientific studies. She plans and manages the interdisciplinary and collaborative study of the submarine crew, associated artifacts, and the hull. The work is conducted with research partners in the US military, Universities, private entities, and many US State and Federal governments. Prior to joining the Friends of the Hunley and Clemson University, Jacobsen worked ten years with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University.

Make your reservation

Please RSVP by filling out this form, or contacting our Meeting Registration Chair, Amit Shyam, by e-mail or phone at 865.241.4841. We must have an accurate count of attendees by noon on monday, March 17th, so please make your reservation on time if you plan on attending dinner. (Please RSVP even if you are not planning on eating dinner so we can arrange for enough chairs. Thank you.)

Our price structure has changed again. But don’t dispair! The normal meeting price has gone down!! Back to $20!!! The technical portions of our meetings are free to all, of course, but we do need to charge if you plan on joining us for the accompanying dinners. Students are completely free, if they register for the meeting on time— $5 otherwise. And season passes—which are valid for the 6–7 planned normal technical meetings this season*—will still be available for the same price as last year: $75—still a great deal!

Footnotes

* Season passes are not valid for Industry Night or the Educational Symposium.

Venue
Rothchild Catering & Conference Center
8807 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37923
phone: 865.690.0103, 800.654.5938
fax: 865.690.0149
e-mail
map & directions
Agenda

5:30 PM Reception (cash bar)

6:30 PM Dinner

7:30 PM Presentation

Cost (dinner)

$20 Members & Guests

Free to students with on-time reservation

$5 for students with no or late reservation

Season Passes are valid.