Yorktown Shipwreck Archaeological Project
FAIN: RO-20565-83
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (Richmond, VA 23219-2010)
John D. Broadwater (Project Director: October 1982 to October 1990)
This project also received funding with the previous award listed below.
Previous award RO-*1854-81
To support the continued archaeological excavation of a ship sunk in the York River during the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. Underwater archaeologists are recovering information about ship construction and shipboard life in the eighteenth century and providing a visible example of salvage archaeology.