Brendan Burke continues HSARI lecture series

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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (03/04/2014)(readMedia)-- Brendan Burke, archaeologist with the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program in St. Augustine, will speak on March 18 as part of the Historic St. Augustine Research Institute speaker series.

Burke's speech, "How Greek Traditions Transformed the Waterfront," will continue HSARI's series on the forgotten people of St. Augustine.

Burke has a B.A. in Anthropology/History from Longwood University and a Master's degree in Historic Archaeology from the College of William and Mary. During his graduate work Burke participated in the Great Dismal Swamp Landscape Study, a project that searched for and discovered lost escaped slave settlements from the 1680-1865 period.

From 2007-2009, Burke served as the Logistical Coordinator for LAMP's First Coast Maritime Archaeology Project, a $281,000 research project funded by the state of Florida. He has many research interests, including steam technology, side scan sonar data analysis and interpretation, and the local and regional history of shrimp boat building.

The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) is dedicated to the investigation, interpretation and better understanding of the maritime history and archaeology of St. Augustine, the "First Coast" region of Florida, and beyond.

The Historic St. Augustine Research Institute is a collaborative project of Flagler College and the University of Florida, supported by the St. Augustine Foundation, Inc. Its purpose is to encourage, coordinate and disseminate active academic research related to the history, archaeology and historical architecture of St. Augustine, Florida, and to apply this research in support of historic preservation in the city.

This year's HSARI series is entitled "St. Augustine's Forgotten People." Lectures are free and open to the public and are held at 7 p.m. in the Flagler Room of Ponce de Leon Hall, 74 King St., St. Augustine.

For more info, call 904-829-8481.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.