David Moore (archaeologist)

David D. Moore
Residence North Carolina
Citizenship United States
Nationality American
Fields Maritime archaeology, maritime history
Institutions North Carolina Maritime Museum
Alma mater East Carolina University
Known for Queen Anne's Revenge, Henrietta Marie

David Moore is an American archaeologist and historian. He is best known for his work on the Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project.[1][2] The Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. He used her for less than a year, but she was an effective tool in his prize-taking.[3]

Moore has worked as a maritime archaeologist exploring a shipwreck believed to be part of the 1622 Spanish treasure fleet sunk near the Dry Tortugas. The wreck, located in 1332' (406m) of water, yielded olive jars, copper, gold, silver, glass and other cultural artifacts.[4] He also served as project archaeologist for the team that excavated the wreck of the slave ship, the Henrietta Marie.[5][6] The Henrietta Marie wreck has yielded more than 7000 objects (and more than 30,000 glass beads), the largest collection of artifacts known from a slave ship. Parts making up more than 80 bilboes, which were typically used to shackle pairs of slaves together, have been found at the wreck site. Other items found at the wreck site include trade goods apparently left over from trading for captives in Africa, goods acquired in Africa in addition to captives (including an elephant tusk), and gear belonging to the ship and crew. Part of the hull of the ship, including much of the keel and part of the stern post, have survived. The 1500 lb. sternpost was recovered in November of 2007.[7][8]

Currently Moore is the nautical archaeology curator at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, North Carolina[9] and is considered the project expert on Blackbeard.[10] He has appeared in the documentaries Real Pirates of the Caribbean (History Channel), Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard's Lost Ship (PBS), Secrets: Blackbeard's Ship (Smithsonian Channel), the "Pirates" episode of Biography and on the "Pirate Tech" episode of Modern Marvels. He is also responsible for much of the underwater mapping on the Queen Anne's Revenge wrecksite and updating the site plan.[11] The Queen Anne's Revenge lies in 28 feet (8.5m) of water about one mile (1.6 km) offshore of Fort Macon State Park (34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W), Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Thirty-one cannons have been identified to date and more than 250,000 artifacts have been recovered.[12] The cannon are of different origins such as; Swedish, English and possibly French, and of different sizes as would be expected with a colonial pirate crew.[13]

Education

Moore attended East Carolina University where he received a master's degree in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology in 1989.[2]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Butler, Lindley S. (2000). Pirates, privateers, & rebel raiders of the Carolina coast. UNC Press Books. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-8078-4863-8.
  2. 1 2 Gray, Nancy (February 1998). "Maps and microfilm: tools of a Blackbeard sleuth". The ECU Report. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ Brian Handwerk (2005-07-12). ""Blackbeard's Ship" Yields New Clues to Pirate Mystery". National Geographic. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  4. ↑ Søreide, Fredrik. "Ships from the Depths: Deepwater Archaeology". books.google.com. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Courage in chains Slave ship exhibit speaks of misery - and hope". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 30, 2007.
  6. ↑ Malcom, Corey. "In Search of the Slave Ship Henrietta Marie" (PDF). archive.org. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Malcom, Corey. "The Iron Bilboes of the Henrietta Marie" (PDF). melfisher.org. The Navigator: Newsletter of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Donovan, Chelsea. "Queen Anne's Revenge Artifact Found - WITN". YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Large Blackbeard exhibit to open". News-Record. Associated Press. June 10, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Queen Anne's Revenge Conservatory Part of Documentary". The Pilot. November 13, 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  11. ↑ https://nccultureblogger.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/introducing-the-2013-field-season/
  12. ↑ http://www.islandgazette.net/news-server1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9534:250000-pieces-
  13. ↑ D. Moore. (1997) "A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". In Tributaries, Volume VII, 1997. pp. 31–35. (North Carolina Maritime History Council)

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