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As you have been reading our blog, you have undoubtedly become aware of some of the difficulties involved in identifying objects.
While the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab is known for its treatment of artifacts recovered from Blackbeard’s infamous flagship, conservators sometimes work with objects from other North Car
The histories, stories, and legends told about such notorious pirates as Blackbeard can give the impression that the Atlantic world in the early 18th century was solely a world of men.
Knowing the history of Queen Anne’s Revenge, it is unsurprising that archaeologists have found examples of one of the most “piratey” objects there is – langrage.
QAR1274.013, known to lab staff as C25, is quite the standout piece from the usual QAR artillery assemblage.
When we left off last month, we shared the mysterious story of the QAR breech blocks. This month, the story continues…
As you may know if you have been following the story of Queen Anne’s Revenge, we have discovered 30 cannon on site so far and recovered 24 of them.
We never know what we will find when x-raying a concretion.
Naval warfare was a particularly bloody affair when it came down to trading blows, and pirate crews used every form of projectile they could get their hands on to get their point across.
As you have been reading along, you have probably come to understand how important pewter is to dating the ship – particularly the pewter