Lynn Price

Jason Lunze, Sadie Colebank, Harry Sprinkle, Fran Bomberg, Eleanor Breen, and George Schwarz.
On April 14 th -16 th , 2016 members and volunteers with The Virginia Maritime Heritage Society and Conservation Association, the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, as well as Underwater Archaeology Branch of Navy Heritage Command documented 141 treenails, and 67 iron fastenings of various forms in accordance with furthering study of the Alexandria Shipwreck. While the volunteers were unable to document all fastenings present on the surviving timbers, the collected corpus of data allows for a unique look at the life of this ship before its purposeful deconstruction at Alexandria. The treenail data indicates a long life for the Alexandria ship before it was abandoned, showing several common repairs to her wooden fastenings. Further construction details are illuminated by the different wrought iron fastenings used in the ship’s initial construction, as well as later repairs to the lower hull, and her
sacrificial sheeting. This talk and paper illuminates the social aspects of constructing a large vessel in the 18th Colonial North American Economic Sphere, as well as the long term repair and maintenance during the first through the third quarter of the 18 th century.
Java Jolts, May 14 th Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Donations for the preservation of the surviving timbers will be encouraged.

My name is Jason Lunze, I hold a Master’s degree in Maritime Archaeology from the University of Southern Denmark.  I have taken part in the excavation, documentation, conservation, and curation of submerged cultural resources in Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, as well as the United States.  I recently assisted in the George Washington Papers of the University of Virginia in their transcription and annotation of George Washington’s Barbados Diary, while at the same time working on a book detailing his role as an internationally connected mariner planter of the 18th century Atlantic Chesapeake.  I assisted in the post excavation analysis of the recently uncovered 18th century Alexandria shipfind.  I have current experience in the field of guest services and museum education.  I am currently employed as a Museum Program Associate with Jamestowne-Yorktown Foundation.  I have been employed as such since March 2017 to present. I lead tours of 20-40 4th, 5th, 6th, or highschool students for 2 ½ hour long Jamestowne Guided Tours as well as act as a liaison checking in teachers, education directors, and tour guides upon arrival at Jamestowne-Yorktown Foundation.  I teach history of the colonial Mid-Atlantic during the age of discovery, SOL’s and STEM review.  I was also a Museum Associate at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I provided a secure museum gallery experience for museum patrons, assisted in directing questions and giving directions, and notifying museum staff of conservation and logistics issues.  I am a third generation antiquarian horologist, with a unique background in the conservation of material culture relating to maritime time based navigation of the 15th through 20th centuries.  My primary job is the restoration through the design and replacement of worn or damaged parts within the mechanical calculating and regulating systems of 17th and 18th century clocks, watches, and music boxes.  When not working in my family’s jewelry shop, and working my two other jobs I am often reenacting the 17th and 18th century and teaching about applied technology and kinematic engineering of the Renaissance through the Industrial Revolution, as well as the regional shipbuilding practices of Northern Europe.  I have taken my family’s collection of 17th and 18th century clocks and pocket watches and have given practical demonstrations at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Battersea Plantation in Petersburg, Yorktown Battlefield Park, as well as Eppington Plantation in Chesterfield. I provide demonstrations and educational outreach to guests of all backgrounds and ages.