BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=49009\n\nBetween 2015-2018\, construction crews excavat ing along the Alexandria waterfront revealed the broken remains of four 1 8th-century wooden ships in what was once the shoreline of the Potomac Ri ver. To study them\, each ship was disarticulated and the individual timb ers were laser scanned\, allowing researchers to virtually reassemble the ships and develop theoretical reconstructions of how they would have loo ked when they were in use. These highly accurate digital timber models we re 3D printed and assembled by a master ship model maker\, further inform ing these reconstructions. The four ships are now on two different preser vation journeys. The Hotel Indigo ship was sent to the Conservation Resea rch Laboratory at Texas A&M University for conservation by freeze drying\ , and the three Robinson Landing ships were submerged in a pond at Ben Br enman Park this spring. Hear the latest findings and discover what was le arned through digitally reconstructing the four ships. \n\nChristopher D ostal is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Anthropology's Nau tical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University\, where he is also the Director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation\, the Co nservation Research Laboratory\, and the Director of the Analytical Archa eology Laboratory in charge of scanning the four 18th century ships excav ated in Alexandria. He holds his degrees from Texas A&M University (Ph.D. )\, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research and work incl udes historical maritime archaeology of North America and Western Europe\ , the conservation and long-term preservation of waterlogged archaeologic al artifacts\, preservation and documentation techniques for underwater a rchaeological sites\, X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis of archaeolog ical artifacts\, and digital imaging and 3D modeling of archaeological ar tifacts. \n\nLocation: Virtual Only\nContact Person: Emma Richardson\nCo ntact Phone: 703.746.4399\nContact Email: Archaeology@alexandriava.gov\nA udience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Archaeology Museum\, Lecture\, Museums\ , Old & Historic Alexandria DTEND:20221027T000001Z DTSTAMP:20220922T141406Z DTSTART:20221026T230000Z LOCATION: Virtual Only SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:"A City Built on Ships" Virtual Lecture TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:51a45893-dc3e-46c5-849b-416d861510ec X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=49009
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Between 2015-2018\ , construction crews excavating along the Alexandria waterfront revealed the broken remains of four 18th-century wooden ships in what was once the shoreline of the Potomac River. To study them\, each ship was disarticul ated and the individual timbers were laser scanned\, allowing researchers to virtually reassemble the ships and develop theoretical reconstruction s of how they would have looked when they were in use. These highly accur ate digital 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 se nt to the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&\;M University f or conservation by freeze drying\, and the three Robinson Landing ships w ere submerged in a pond at Ben Brenman Park this spring. Hear the latest findings and discover what was learned through digitally reconstructing t he four ships. \n
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Christopher Dostal is an Assistant Profes sor with the Department of Anthropology?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 Lab oratory\, and the Director of the Analytical Archaeology Laboratory in ch arge of scanning the four 18th century ships excavated in Alexandria. He holds his degrees from Texas A&\;M University (Ph.D.)\, and the Univer sity of Colorado at Boulder. His research and work includes historical ma ritime archaeology of North America and Western Europe\, the conservation and long-term preservation of waterlogged archaeological artifacts\, pre servation and documentation techniques for underwater archaeological site s\, X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis of archaeological artifacts\, a nd digital imaging and 3D modeling of archaeological artifacts. \n
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Location: Virtual Only\n
Contact Person: Emma Richardson\nContact Phone: 703.746.4399\n
Contact Email: Archaeology@alexand riava.gov\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Archaeology Mus eum\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220922T141406Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR