Archaeology Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed Building (TEC), Room 1038B (Map) Topic: “Shipwrecks and Archaeology-What the finds tell us about history”

Over
the last several hundred years, there have been thousands upon
thousands of shipwrecks in both the Great Lakes and Oceans. With over
70% of the Earth’s surface covered in water, we will probably never know
how many really exist. If we did, it would take hundreds of years to
locate each one.

Eric will be discussing some of his favorite
shipwrecks. Over the years, Eric has acquired a few nice items from
relatively famous shipwrecks-including the Titanic.

His
collection also includes a few shipwreck Silver 8 Reales which were the
Spanish coins used in the middle/late 1700’s in the soon to be United
States.  One of them was on a ship used to fund the Spanish
government-but sank in 1783. The coins never made it-but why? Why were
these coins so historically significant?  Be sure to attend and find out
how this shipwreck altered the history of the United States.

If you have ever wanted to see an artifact from the Titanic or a famous shipwreck-be sure to attend and see them first hand.