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Identification of Suspected Horn from the Queen Anne's Revenge (1718), North Carolina,USA |
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| Authors: | Wendy Welsh Brianna Biscardi Thomas Fink Sarah Watkins‐Kenney Anthony Kennedy |
| Affiliation: | 1. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Underwater Archaeology Branch, Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Laboratory, East Carolina University, West Research Campus, 1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville, NC 27834, USA, Wendy.welsh@ncdcr.gov, Sarah.watkins‐kenney@ncdcr.gov;2. Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, East 10th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, USA, biscardib08@students.ecu.edu, kennedyan@ecu.edu;3. Department of Biology, East Carolina University, East 10th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, USA, finkt@ecu.edu |
| Abstract: | Infrared spectroscopy can be a valuable tool for conservators and archaeologists to help identify archaeological artefacts. We present a case‐study on the identification of an artefact recovered by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) Underwater Archaeology Branch from an early‐18th‐century shipwreck (31CR314). The wreck is assumed to be the remains of Queen Anne's Revenge, which sank off the North Carolina coast in 1718. A sample of the artefact was analysed by infrared spectroscopy to identify it. Prior to spectroscopic analysis it was speculated that the sample could be animal horn or leather. © 2011 The Authors |
| Keywords: | infrared spectroscopy animal horn leather Queen Anne's Revenge artefact identification conservation |