Technical Field Reports

Below are downloadable versions of recent technical field reports published by the Wisconsin Historical Society's Maritime Preservation and Archaeology Program: 

Small Boats on a Big Lake: Underwater Archaeological Investigations of Wisconsin's Trading Fleet 2007
-2009

Wisconsin's Historic Shipwrecks: An Overview and Analysis of Locations for a State/Federal Partnership with the National Marine Sanctuary Program

Myths and Mysteries: Underwater Archaeological Investigation of the Lumber Schooner Rouse Simmons, Christmas Tree Ship

Wheat Chaff and Coal Dust: Underwater Archaeological Investigations of the Grain Schooners Daniel Lyons and Kate Kelly

Wisconsin's Cross-Planked Mosquito Fleet: Underwater Archaeological Investigations of the Scow Schooners Iris, Ocean Wave, and Tennie and Laura