St. Augustine Lighthouse and the Lighthouse Archaeology Maritime Program are currently hosting our Second Annual Symposium on Maritime Archaeology with partners at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Estuarine Research Reserve and the Florida Public Archaeology Network.

Today is the third day of research papers presented from scholars from across the United States. Yesterday a field workshop involved teaching students and members of the public how to record an ship's anchor using proper archaeological methods. Many students have attended from the University of West Florida and Florida State University.

Keynote Speaker, Dave Moore from North Carolina will repeat his presentation about Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge this weekend. His talk is entitled "Ten Year's of Pirate Perspective" and will be given at the St. Augustine Lighthouse Maritime Festival on site on Saturday, March 15, 2008. For more information check our web site at www.staugustinelighthouse.org or .com.