SHA 2026 Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology
Mobility
Detroit, Michigan | January 7-10, 2026
Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Mackinac West |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
GEN 11 U: Underwater Archaeology in the Southeast Location: Mackinac West Chair: Allyson G. Ropp, East Carolina University How Stable is a Wooden Shipwreck? Assessing the Cultural Transformations of Change 9:15am - 9:30am Sacre Coeur: Archaeological Reassessment of John’s Island Wreck 9:30am - 9:45am Shoals and Shipwrecks: Archaeological Explorations off Port Royal Sound, South Carolina 9:45am - 10:00am Adapting to a Shifting Shoreline: Remote Sensing and Archaeological Documentation of a Hurricane-Exposed Shipwreck 10:00am - 10:15am A Comparative Analysis of the Savannah Cannon Cluster Site (9CH1552) to Surviving 18th–19th Century Cannons in the Northeastern United States 10:15am - 10:30am The 2024-2025 Archaeological Investigation of the Tolomato Bar Anchorage, the Working Waterfront of Grant’s Villa (British Plantation 1768-1783) and Minorcan Farmsteads (1783-ca. 1850s) |
| 11:00am - 11:45am |
SYM-153U: The Conservation of Materials from Underwater Sites Location: Mackinac West Chair: Chris Dostal, Texas A&M University Assessing and Protecting Collections, Before and After Conservation 11:15am - 11:30am Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Long-Term Care for Submerged Cultural Sites 11:30am - 11:45am Preserving the Seal: Conservation Treatment of CSS Georgia's Rubber Gaskets |
| 1:30pm - 5:00pm |
SYM-119U: Recent Findings in Maritime and Terrestrial Archaeology of WWII in the Pacific Location: Mackinac West Chair: Lucas S. Simonds, International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc. Chair: Matthew F. Napolitano, International Archaeology Discussant: Jennifer McKinnon, East Carolina University Up the Forward Slope: Mapping the Battlefield Landscape of Bundschu Ridge, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Asan Unit, Guam 1:45pm - 2:00pm Penetrating the Canopy: Optimizing UAV-Based Lidar for WWII Battlefield Archaeology in Heavily Vegetated Terrain 2:00pm - 2:15pm The Battlefield Archaeology of Guadalcanal: the First U.S. Land Campaign of World War II 2:15pm - 2:30pm The WWII Amphibious Assault: A Case Study from Peleliu 2:30pm - 2:45pm Ship to Shore: A KOCOA Analysis of Saipan’s WWII Pacific Amphibious Landing Zone 2:45pm - 3:15pm 15min presentation + 15min break Archaeological and Historic Landscape Surveys of Orote Field, Naval Base Guam 3:15pm - 3:30pm Uncharted Obstacles: Underwater Debris Fields and the Challenges of Aircraft Identification Near Former WWII Bases 3:30pm - 3:45pm Echoes from the Loch: Underwater Archaeology at JBPHH’s WWII Sites 3:45pm - 4:00pm Underwater Archaeological Evidence of World War II Activities in Apra Harbor, Guam 4:00pm - 4:15pm Searching for a Japanese Artillery Position on Saipan 4:15pm - 4:30pm The Archaeology of Civilian Loss and Tragedy during WWII in the Mariana Island of Micronesia 4:30pm - 5:00pm 15min presentation + 15min discussion Remnants of War: Using a Warfare Ecological Approach to Understand Effects of the Battle for Saipan on the Local Community |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
SYM-129U: Lake Huron Red Tails: Archaeological Investigation of a Tuskegee Aircraft Wreck in Michigan Location: Mackinac West Chair: Wayne R. Lusardi, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Discussant: Wayne R. Lusardi, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Saving an Airacobra: Lt. Frank Moody’s Missing Aircraft 9:15am - 9:30am Bringing All Safely Ashore: Diving and Recovery of a Tuskegee Airplane 9:30am - 9:45am Photogrammetry as a Tool for 2D Documentation of Aviation Heritage: Case Studies from Michigan 9:45am - 10:00am “Torn, Scattered and Significant: Artifacts from a Tuskegee Airman’s Last Flight” 10:00am - 10:30am 15min presentation + 15min discussion Magnetic Signatures Of Submerged Aircraft: Examples And Discussion Of Recent Magnetometer Surveys On Submerged Aircraft Sites Around The World |
| 10:45am - 11:45am |
GEN 12 U: More Archaeology of WWII in the Pacific Location: Mackinac West Chair: Matthew Carter, Inkfish Mapping the Gaps: Large-Scale Photogrammetric Survey of WWII-Era Wrecks in the Pacific 11:00am - 11:15am Exploring Connection through Art: Preliminary Research into the USS Yorktown's (CV-5) Map Mural 11:15am - 11:30am ‘Is That A Car?!’: An Automobile Discovery at 5200 Meters on USS Yorktown 11:30am - 11:45am Paint Preservation and Deterioration of Deep Submergence WWII US Navy Shipwrecks |
| 1:30pm - 3:45pm |
SYM-207T: Understanding the Overseer Location: Mackinac West Chair: Terry P. Brock, Wake Forest University Discussant: Alison Bell, Washington and Lee University Tangilble Domination: The Material World of the Overseer Class in Colonial Jamiaca 1:45pm - 2:00pm Washington’s Discontent: Examining the Social Lives of Union Farm’s Overseers 2:00pm - 2:15pm Demarcating the Color Line: White Employees and the Boundaries of Race at Belle Grove Plantation 2:15pm - 2:45pm 15min presentation + 15min break “An Envious Heart Makes a Treacherous Ear”: Overseer's Housing as Negotiated Space in a Plantation Surveillance Landscape 2:45pm - 3:00pm “Who Do We Have Here?”: Deducing an Overseer’s Occupation at the Oval Site 3:00pm - 3:15pm “To finish the Overseers Room”: A Material Culture Analysis of the 19th Century Overseer Site 3:15pm - 3:45pm 15min presentation + 15min discussion The Home Farm Survey: Understanding the Changing Landscape of Control at Montpelier’s Home Farm |
| 9:00am - 11:00am |
FOR-608U: Science in the Sanctuary: Protecting UCH in our Great Lakes National Marine Sanctuaries Location: Mackinac West Chair: Stephanie Gandulla, NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Science in the Sanctuary: Protecting UCH in our Great Lakes National Marine Sanctuaries |
| 1:30pm - 3:45pm |
SYM-114T: Decoding the Washington Landscape: Recent Research at George Washington Birthplace National Monument. Location: Mackinac West Chair: Kerry S. Gonzalez, National Park Service Discussant: Philip Levy, University of South Florida Discussant: Julia A. King, St. Mary's College of Maryland Results from a Multi-Disciplinary Survey at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument 1:45pm - 2:00pm Looking for George Washington’s Birthplace: Results of Building X Excavations 2:00pm - 2:15pm Unclassifiable? Hold my Ale: Making Metals Mean More at George Washington’s Birthplace 2:15pm - 2:45pm 15min presentation + 15min break A Pipe Stem Dating Approach to Interpreting the Washington Landscape at George Washington Birthplace National Monument 2:45pm - 3:00pm Rediscovering the Birthplace: Multidisciplinary Research at George Washington Birthplace National Monument 3:00pm - 3:45pm 15min presentation + 30min discussion The Mortal, Material, and Memorial: Reassessing the Washington Family Burial Ground |

