# Presentation: 725233

## Savannah’s Shield

- Module 440:
- Effective Interpretation of Archaeological Resources Workshop
- Rob Bolling
- Lonnie Davis
- Larry Murphy
- Della Scott-Ireton

- Fort Pulaski, Georgia
- March 2008

## TANGIBLES
CSS Georgia
artifacts
cannon
dive barge
divers/archaeologists
kiosk
media

- CSS *Georgia*
- artifacts
- cannon
- dive barge
- divers/archaeologists
- kiosk
- media

- _INTANGIBLES_
- loss
- recovery
- defense
- innovation
- struggle
- lifecycle
- heritage/legacy
- preservation
- responsibility
- danger

## UNIVERSALS
loss
recovery
danger
struggle

- loss
- recovery
- danger
- struggle

## THEME:
The innovative CSS Georgia was created to defend Savannah and her loss signaled the end of the city’s Civil War struggle.  Now, Savannah is defending CSS Georgia from destruction as archaeologists dive into the dark, swift water to recover her remains and bring this unique piece of our heritage back to life.

- The innovative CSS *Georgia* was created to defend Savannah and her loss signaled the end of the city’s Civil War struggle.  Now, Savannah is defending CSS *Georgia* from destruction as archaeologists dive into the dark, swift water to recover her remains and bring this unique piece of our heritage back to life.

## GOALS:
Understand the role of CSS Georgia in naval and local history
 Appreciate Savannah’s contribution to Civil War gunboat innovation and technology
 Learn how archaeologists document and recover submerged cultural resources

- Understand the role of CSS *Georgia* in naval and local history
-  Appreciate Savannah’s contribution to Civil War gunboat innovation and technology
-  Learn how archaeologists document and recover submerged cultural resources

## OBJECTIVES:
Describe CSS Georgia’s role in the defense of Savannah
Describe Savannah’s importance as a Southern port
Name two tools of archaeological research and recovery

- Describe CSS *Georgia*’s role in the defense of Savannah
- Describe Savannah’s importance as a Southern port
- Name two tools of archaeological research and recovery

## INTERPRETIVE STRATEGIES:

- _Media Events_
-  kick-off celebration
-  recovery of large artifacts (cannon)
-  weekly press releases of latest recoveries and coming events
-  end of project

- _Website_
-  history of vessel
-  history of project and previous work
-  archaeological methodology
-  schedule of daily events, including when artifacts are coming ashore
-  webcam on barge, linked to shore kiosk and museum
-  photos and daily log (blog?)
-  plans for conservation and exhibition

## Shore-based Kiosk at Fort Jackson
 headquarters for excavation interpretation
 staffed by Fort Jackson interpreter , or possibly project staff
 schedule of daily events
 model , side-scan sonar images, other images if available
 opportunities to talk to archaeologists/tenders/barge personnel
 small finds in conservation/preparation for moving to lab
 coin-operated telescope for viewing barge
 interactive exhibits – aquarium with muddy water and artifacts, reach in with one hand to identify artifact and draw with the other hand
 move CSS Georgia cannons to kiosk and interpret, both as artifacts and as example of need for conservation of waterlogged artifacts
 illustrator to depict what artifact fragments would have been used for

-  headquarters for excavation interpretation
-  staffed by Fort Jackson interpreter , or possibly project staff
-  schedule of daily events
-  model , side-scan sonar images, other images if available
-  opportunities to talk to archaeologists/tenders/barge personnel
-  small finds in conservation/preparation for moving to lab
-  coin-operated telescope for viewing barge
-  interactive exhibits – aquarium with muddy water and artifacts, reach in with one hand to identify artifact and draw with the other hand
-  move CSS *Georgia* cannons to kiosk and interpret, both as artifacts and as example of need for conservation of waterlogged artifacts
-  illustrator to depict what artifact fragments would have been used for

## Savannah Historical Museum
 tie-in to existing Savannah River/gunboat exhibit
 example of what’s to come when CSS Georgia material is conserved and ready for display
 “Artifact of the Week” exhibit as material is recovered
 live feed from webcam at site
 encourage repeat visitation 
 encourage visitors to go to Fort Jackson and vice-versa

-  tie-in to existing Savannah River/gunboat exhibit
-  example of what’s to come when CSS *Georgia* material is conserved and ready for display
-  “Artifact of the Week” exhibit as material is recovered
-  live feed from webcam at site
-  encourage repeat visitation
-  encourage visitors to go to Fort Jackson and vice-versa