BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Events & Public Meetings METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Events & Public Meetings X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-CALNAME:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum,Lecture,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=49009\n\nBetween 2015-2018\, co nstruction crews excavating along the Alexandria waterfront revealed the b roken remains of four 18th-century wooden ships in what was once the shore line of the Potomac River. To study them\, each ship was disarticulated an d the individual timbers were laser scanned\, allowing researchers to virt ually reassemble the ships and develop theoretical reconstructions of how they would have looked when they were in use. These highly accurate digita l timber models were 3D printed and assembled by a master ship model maker \, further informing these reconstructions. The four ships are now on two different preservation journeys. The Hotel Indigo ship was sent to the Con servation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University for conservation by freeze drying\, and the three Robinson Landing ships were submerged in a p ond at Ben Brenman Park this spring. Hear the latest findings and discover what was learned through digitally reconstructing the four ships. \n\nCh ristopher Dostal is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Anthropo logy's Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University\, where he is also the Director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation\ , the Conservation Research Laboratory\, and the Director of the Analytica l Archaeology Laboratory in charge of scanning the four 18th century ships excavated in Alexandria. He holds his degrees from Texas A&M University ( Ph.D.)\, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research and work includes historical maritime archaeology of North America and Western Euro pe\, the conservation and long-term preservation of waterlogged archaeolog ical artifacts\, preservation and documentation techniques for underwater archaeological sites\, X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis of archaeolog ical artifacts\, and digital imaging and 3D modeling of archaeological art ifacts. \n\nLocation: Virtual Only\nContact Person: Emma Richardson\nCont act Phone: 703.746.4399\nContact Email: Archaeology@alexandriava.gov\nAudi ence: Anyone may attend\nTags: Archaeology Museum\, Lecture\, Museums\, Ol d & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://ap ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=49009\n\nWeb resources:\n\n Register for the free lecture here. \nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ E1jx3JYfS-KWqmTQ_Rxwog\n DTEND:20221027T000001Z DTSTAMP:20220922T141406Z DTSTART:20221026T230000Z LOCATION: Virtual Only SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:"A City Built on Ships" Virtual Lecture TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:51a45893-dc3e-46c5-849b-416d861510ec URL:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E1jx3JYfS-KWqmTQ_Rxwog X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220922T141406Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR