Queen Anne’s Revenge
In November 1996 researchers working with Intersal Inc. found a mound of cannon, anchors, and ballast stones off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. What the researchers discovered Queen Anne’s Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach (Wilde-Ramsing:2006). The ship, which sank in 1718, was not professional excavated by archaeologists till 1997 when the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) to control of the site.
The site has been split into three sections the bow, midship, and the stern. According to the NCDCR,
“Since the start of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck project in 1996, tens of thousands of artifacts have been recovered. Many of those have received at least a preliminary level of analysis. Many more still lie on the seabed or remain encased in concretion at the QAR laboratory.” (NCDCR:2014a).
Out of these artifacts a few have been highlighted on the NCDCR’s website dedicated to Queen Anne’s Revenge. The first artifacts recovered were from a dive in the fall of 1997 led by the Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB), which retrieved two cannons, four cannonballs, one pewter platter, and pottery fragments along with other artifacts. As of October 2014, there have been 23 cannons recovered for the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Artifacts
Artifacts highlighted by the NCDCR website include the following.
Bow
The artifacts highlighted at the bow include an anchor, cask hoops, …show more content…
During this time twenty-three test units were either wholly or partially excavated; twenty-two 8x16-foot units and one 8x8-foot units. These test units were used to form site boundaries and to discover the significance of the site. It was in 1985 that the Whydah bell was discovered. From these test units we now know that the Whydah is located 1,500 feet off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and is under 20 feet to 30 feet of water (E.
In November 1996 researchers working with Intersal Inc. found a mound of cannon, anchors, and ballast stones off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. What the researchers discovered Queen Anne’s Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach (Wilde-Ramsing:2006). The ship, which sank in 1718, was not professional excavated by archaeologists till 1997 when the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) to control of the site.
The site has been split into three sections the bow, midship, and the stern. According to the NCDCR,
“Since the start of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck project in 1996, tens of thousands of artifacts have been recovered. Many of those have received at least a preliminary level of analysis. Many more still lie on the seabed or remain encased in concretion at the QAR laboratory.” (NCDCR:2014a).
Out of these artifacts a few have been highlighted on the NCDCR’s website dedicated to Queen Anne’s Revenge. The first artifacts recovered were from a dive in the fall of 1997 led by the Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB), which retrieved two cannons, four cannonballs, one pewter platter, and pottery fragments along with other artifacts. As of October 2014, there have been 23 cannons recovered for the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Artifacts
Artifacts highlighted by the NCDCR website include the following.
Bow
The artifacts highlighted at the bow include an anchor, cask hoops, …show more content…
During this time twenty-three test units were either wholly or partially excavated; twenty-two 8x16-foot units and one 8x8-foot units. These test units were used to form site boundaries and to discover the significance of the site. It was in 1985 that the Whydah bell was discovered. From these test units we now know that the Whydah is located 1,500 feet off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and is under 20 feet to 30 feet of water (E.