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Raising Blackbeard's "Queen Anne's Revenge"

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« Reply #45 on: March 22, 2009, 09:01:36 pm »










Archaeologists know the vessel was well-armed. A total of 25 cannon have been identified and
11 recovered to date.

What Chris Southerly, archaeological field supervisor for the QAR project, finds interesting is what
they don't normally see: the personal affects and arms the crew would likely have taken with them when they abandoned the ship.

The dagger guard, he said, is one of those items that give a little more insight into the people who
may have been onboard.

"Artifacts as they exist by themselves are interesting to look at and study, but it's what they tell you, either directly or indirectly, about people that gives you a snapshot of the past; what was maybe on the mind of an 18th century (person) when they ran aground out here," Southerly said.

The QAR project has gained national and international attention since its beginning, and Jeffrey Crow, deputy secretary of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resource's Office of Archives and History, called it "the most important shipwreck that has ever been found in North Carolina waters."

Crow said the project has been a stimulus for heritage tourism and noted the strong attendance at the N.C. Maritime Museum, which is the repository for QAR artifacts and has featured Blackbeard and pirate exhibits.

"Just since August, when the museum opened its new exhibit, Knights of the Black Flag, more than 50,000 people have come through the museum and total visitation is now at least 250,000," Crow said. "Those are great indicators of the importance of the museum and our underwater archaeology folks."

Following Crow's comments, an unusual artifact from the QAR project was transferred to the museum
for its use. The lead object was apparently flattened after the shipwreck but was once a tubular piece of a toilet and ran from the "seat of ease" and out of the ship to the water.

The artifact was recovered from the shipwreck in 2005 and has now been fully conserved and can be displayed.

This is the third season of full excavation at the QAR sites. With the conclusion of the 2008 field dive, about 50 percent of the shipwreck's footprint will be completed.
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