Michael Scafuri has over thirty years of experience in archaeological survey and excavation around the world, including both terrestrial and underwater projects. His underwater experience ranges from work on the 16th-century Emanuel Point shipwreck in Pensacola, Florida, in 1994 to the 10th-century Byzantine shipwreck near Bozburun, Turkey, from 1995 through 1999.

After completing his graduate work at Texas A&M University, Scafuri joined the H.L. Hunley project in 2000 as a Maritime Archaeologist at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, SC. He was actively involved in the raising, excavation, and initial analysis of the H.L Hunley submarine and has served as the Senior Project Archaeologist since 2013. Scafuri also regularly teaches an undergraduate course in Underwater Archaeology with Clemson University’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

Speaker At: September 16th Exchange Club Meeting

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