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<p>The 2023 discovery of the “King Street Vessel,” a small vernacular craft encountered during trenching for a storm sewer along the alignment of King Street in historic St. Augustine, Florida, led to an emergency excavation of the craft and its complete recovery. This is the second of two articles that discuss this find; Part One addressed the discovery, excavation, documentation and analysis of the hull and associated artifacts. Part Two addresses the vessel’s type, context, significance, placement in the larger maritime cultural landscape, and its probable ethnic/community associations. Extensive in situ documentation, and subsequent analysis of the vessel and a wide range of associated artifacts provided the data necessary to identify the craft as a locally built, owned and operated craft engaged in fishing. It may also have been utilized as a “market boat,” carrying not only the product of the local fisheries but also produce and game to St. Augustine’s market, located on the riverbank close to where the vessel was found. The craft dates to the Antebellum (post-1865) era and was probably built and owned by members of the local Minorcan or African American community. This is the first substantial example of this type of craft located and archaeologically documented in the Southeastern United States.</p>

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The King Street Vessel (8SJ07432): A Nineteenth Century Vernacular Craft from St. Augustine, Florida. Part Two: Analysis of the Vessel’s Type, Context, Significance, Placement in the Larger Maritime Cultural Landscape, and Its Probable Ethnic/Community Associations

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    2026年4月14日

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  • James P. Delgado,
  • Samuel Turner,
  • Chuck Meide,
  • Geoffrey Du Chemin,
  • Bryan Herling

摘要

The 2023 discovery of the “King Street Vessel,” a small vernacular craft encountered during trenching for a storm sewer along the alignment of King Street in historic St. Augustine, Florida, led to an emergency excavation of the craft and its complete recovery. This is the second of two articles that discuss this find; Part One addressed the discovery, excavation, documentation and analysis of the hull and associated artifacts. Part Two addresses the vessel’s type, context, significance, placement in the larger maritime cultural landscape, and its probable ethnic/community associations. Extensive in situ documentation, and subsequent analysis of the vessel and a wide range of associated artifacts provided the data necessary to identify the craft as a locally built, owned and operated craft engaged in fishing. It may also have been utilized as a “market boat,” carrying not only the product of the local fisheries but also produce and game to St. Augustine’s market, located on the riverbank close to where the vessel was found. The craft dates to the Antebellum (post-1865) era and was probably built and owned by members of the local Minorcan or African American community. This is the first substantial example of this type of craft located and archaeologically documented in the Southeastern United States.