Intertidal shipwrecks

Friends, I'm excited to announce a new achievement for my collaborator, Calvin: publishing an edited book! In archaeology, publishing an edited book is considered to be a major contribution to the field - equivalent to a biologist like me publishing a paper in one of the top journals. I am incredibly proud of Calvin!

The book concerns shipwrecks that are located in the intertidal zone, an incredibly dynamic environment. In the intertidal, a shipwreck is exposed to pretty much every possible condition: being covered by water, being exposed to air, strong currents, waves, humans and animals walking or swimming by, storms, rain, erosion, accretion - if it happens, it happens in the intertidal. 

Notably, this book grew out of Calvin's teaching. When he began co-directing the only maritime archaeology field school in Massachusetts, he needed shipwreck sites for the students to study - sites that were accessible and could stand up to a group of students learning as they worked. So Calvin went to the intertidal. After a few years, one of his intertidal sites, the Ada K. Damon, was significantly altered by a strong storm, and the framework for the book ("management in an unmanageable environment") was born. 

Congratulations on the publication of your book, Calvin! 

You can find the edited volume here, through the University of Florida Press.