Please disregard the last email. Obviously it was an error.


On Monday, October 28, 2013, Bob Skiles wrote:

> Amy Borgens (Texas Historical Commission) and Fritz Hanselmann (Texas
> State University) are presenting a free public talk on the Monterrey
> Shipwrecks in Galveston at Moody Gardens on November 14 at 7:00 pm. This
> presentation will discuss the three early nineteenth-century shipwrecks off
> the Texas-Louisiana coast that were investigated this past July. This ROV
> investigation and artifact recovery project was broadcast live on the
> internet. The public event was coordinated in response to all of the
> interest in the project from regional historical and archeological groups
> in the Galveston-Houston area. These and other participating groups have
> been invited to host respective educational tables from 6:30 -- 7:00 pm in
> advance of the presentation.
>
> More information on the project is at these links:
>
> http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/**explorations/13monterrey/**welcome.html<http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13monterrey/welcome.html>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/**2013/07/26/gulf-shipwreck-**
> exploration-two-more-sunken-**vessels_n_3659337.html<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/gulf-shipwreck-exploration-two-more-sunken-vessels_n_3659337.html>
>
> Flyer here:
>
> http://skiles.net/Monterrey.**pdf <http://skiles.net/Monterrey.pdf>
>
>
> The Texas Historical Commission and Texas State University
>
> Proudly Present
>
> *The Monterrey Shipwrecks*
>
> In July 2013, a team of scientists investigated three early 19th-century
> shipwrecks 170 miles off the Texas-Louisiana coast at a depth of 4,500
> feet. This unique expedition, the deepest of its kind in the United States,
> documented the shipwrecks and recovered a small collection of artifacts.
> Team members will present the initial findings that suggest these
> archeological sites may be a privateer and two prizes. Supporting groups
> such as the Houston Archeological Society and Galveston Historical
> Foundation will be present to provide insight and information on regional
> history and archeology.
>
> *Featured Presenters*
>
> **
>
> Frederick Hanselmann
>
>      Chief  Underwater Archeologist
>
>      The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
>
> Amy Borgens
>
>     State Marine Archeologist
>
>     Texas Historical Commission
>
>
> *Free Public Event*
>
> Thursday, November 14, 2013
>
> 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.    Get to Know Your Local Historical and Archeological
> Organizations
>
> 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.    Presentation and Q&A
>
> Moody Gardens
>
> MG3D Theater and Visitors Center, 1 Hope Boulevard, Galveston
>
> For more information contact Amy Borgens: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~
> announcement from Texas Historical Commission
>


-- 
Jen Knutson

UWF Graduate Student
Historical Archaeology

http://uwf.edu/anthropology/gradstudents/jknutson/index.cfm