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Scott Tucker

Dr Lucy Blue takes part in CNN discussion of the historical shipwreck salvage business in the US.  Deep sea treasure hunters may evoke storybook images of swashbuckling buccaneers on daring ocean adventures.  For those in the rapidly expanding sector of marine archeology however, scouring the depths of the sea for sunken riches is business — big business.

Why scouring the sea for sunken treasures is big business

Scott Tucker

Scott is an historical and maritime archaeologist from Maryland, USA, holding an MA in maritime archaeology from University of Southampton and a BA in anthropology and sociology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA. His research interests include medieval and post-medieval European maritime trade networks, 18th and 19th century African-American archaeology in a maritime context, and early European colonization of the New World. He has worked extensively on sites around the Chesapeake, as well as the Florida Keys and United Kingdom. His current PhD research is focusing on early British mercantilism in the Chesapeake and changes in shipbuilding and merchant practises throughout the seventeenth-century.

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