Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
SPRING TRAINING CLASSES (To sign up, please see the application under "Member Activities")
Saturday, March 3: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. INTRODUCTION TO MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY
Sunday, March 18: 9 a.m. - noon. SITE MAPPING IN MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY
Sunday, March 18: 1 - 4 p.m. SHIP CONSTRUCTION FOR MARINE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Sunday, April 15: noon - 2 p.m. RHODE ISLAND IN THE REVOLUTION
Sunday, April 15: 3-5 p.m. MUSEUM THEORY FOR HISTORIANS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Saturday, April 28: 9-11: MEASURED DRAWING OF ARTIFACTS FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Saturday, April 28, noon - 3 p.m. ARTIFACT MANAGEMENT FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Saturday, May 19: 1-4: HOW TO MAP LIKE CAPTAIN COOK (New offering)
Saturday, June 9: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. INTRODUCTION TO MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY (2nd offering)
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE OTHER EXCITING SPRING 2012 EVENTS: Details to be posted in due course.
Sunday, May 6: 1 - 4 p.m. RIMAP ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, June 3: 1-3: PRESS CONFERENCE: UPDATE ON THE SEARCH FOR ENDEAVOUR
ABOUT RIMAP:
RIMAP is a not-for-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the study of Rhode Island's maritime history and the archaeological study of cultural resources related to that history. Rhode Island is called "the Ocean State" because all of our communities contributed to that title, not only by local ships and sailors, but by raw materials, labor, and investment in our marine trades.
RIMAP has an interest in all periods of the state's maritime history (on land as well as under water), including Native American watercraft and submerged terrestrial sites, Colonial and Revolutionary War sites, local slaving, steamship, and naval histories, the Golden Age of yachting and pleasure craft, and modern maritime technology and economic systems. RIMAP has taken a leadership role in the studies ofthe Revolution in our state because one side or the other (and sometimes both) had to travel by water to engage.
Of particular interest has been the fact that Rhode Island has a strong relationship with the great navigator, Capt. James Cook, who in his three circumnavigations explored more of the world than any other person in history. By chance, Newport was the last port of call for two of the four vessels that sailed with Cook, one of the two that were considered but rejected before his first voyage may be at Prudence Island, and the master of the second vessel on Cook's second voyage ran his frigate aground at Point Judith. Other Royal Navy men who sailed with Cook were stationed in Rhode Island during the Revolution. There is no other place in the world with so many connections with Captain Cook's ships and men, and RIMAP is in a multi-year research process to locate and study the cultural resources that still remain in Rhode Island.
Our sister organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of Captain Cook's Ships (Cook's Fndn) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the education of the general public about why Captain James Cook was so important to world history, and why it is so important that his ships and men were in Rhode Island. Although RIMAP is responsible for the historical research and archaeological fieldwork related to the discovery of Cook's men and ships in Rhode Island, the Cook Fndn acts as an advisor, especially as this project matures to create the museum it deserves.