SPONSOR INFO:
This mini symposium is sponsored by MIT’s DeepArch Research Group in Technology, Archaeology and the Deep Sea, the MIT program in Science, Technology and Society and is supported by the Office of Ocean Exploration, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

EVENT SPONSORS:
DeepArch Research Group in Technology, Archaeology and the Deep Sea
Program in Science, Technology and Society
Office of Ocean Exploration, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION:
In the last few years, archaeologists have recovered two of the Civil War’s most ingenious inventions: the Union ironclad warship Monitor and the Confederate submarine Hunley. In this symposium panelists discuss the newest technology projects that have brought these inventions to light from the sea depths, and what they can teach about technology and the Civil War.

NOTES ON THE VIDEO (Time Index):

• The video length is 3:02:22
• David Mindell provides an overview of the event and introduces Maria Jacobsen
• Jacobsen’s presentation on the Hunley begins at 12:10
• David Mindell’s talk on the Monitor begins at 1:32:00
• Commentary from Brendan Foley begins at 2:09:09
• Commentary from Merritt Roe Smith begins at 2:20:55
• Q&A begins at 2:31:19

Other links: MIT News office Twentieth-century technologies key in excavating high tech vessels of Civil War Scientific American Frontiers/Mysteries of the Deep NOAA Ocean Explorer Preserving the USS Monitor