Underwater Archaeology Field Schools Summer and Fall 2001 University of West
Florida

Excavation of an early-18th-century Spanish Shipwreck in Pensacola Bay,
Florida

UWF is conducting a seven-month excavation of a shipwreck in conjunction
with two field schools; SUMMER: May 7 to August 3 and FALL: August 27 TO
December 14.  The ship is a large, well-preserved, New-World-built Spanish
vessel believed to have sunk in Pensacola Bay during a hurricane in 1705,
and was associated with the first permanent Spanish settlement in
Pensacola–Presidio Santa Maria de Galve (1698-1719).  Field activities will
include recording, mapping, excavation by dredging, sorting dredge spoil,
artifact plotting and recovery, site photography, and botanical sampling.
When not diving, students will perform topside duties such as dive tending
and support, artifact identification and recording, as well as database
entry.  Laboratory work will include the stabilization and conservation of
artifacts from a marine environment and interpretative techniques.  In
addition to daily field work, participants will attend lectures and
discussions on the history of Pensacola, Florida, nautical archaeology,
material culture and archival research.  Field trips to local archaeological
sites, collections and interpretive sites around northwest Florida are
scheduled.  Participants may assist UWF in examining other known and
suspected shipwreck sites and in surveying with remote sensing devices.

Registration:  Applicants must be dive certified by a nationally recognized
association (e.g. NAUI, PADI, etc.)  and bring their own diving equipment
(exclusive of tanks and weights).  Students are responsible for their own
housing and meals.  The University has dorm rooms and there are apartments
on campus and nearby.  Arrangements can be made through University Housing
(http://uwf.edu/housing/home.htm), and our faculty and staff can also help.
An application form should be obtained via e-mail from Drs. Bratten or Cozzi
([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask])  must be received  by April 15, 2001.
Enrollment is limited to twenty (20) students.  Individuals who want to
participate, but not earn college credits, will be admitted on a
case-by-case basis, if openings are available. Notification of selection
will be made no later than May 1, 2001

Tuition:  The field course can be taken for 1 to 9 semester hours credit.
All UWF Archaeology Track students must take it for 9 hours credit [ANT
4835].  In-state tuition is $79 Per semester hour and Out-of-state costs are
$324 per hour

For additional information and applications contact either:
John R. Bratten, Ph.D.   850-474-2706 (voice)  850-474-2764 (fax)
[log in to unmask]
J. COZ Cozzi, Ph.D.   850-857-6321 (voice)  850-474-2764 (fax)  [log in to unmask]
University of West Florida Archaeology Institute
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5751

Dr. Judy Bense
Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Director, Archaeology Institute
University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida 32514
voice: 850-474-2797; fax 850-857-6278