Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth Murphy is originally from the Washington, D.C. area. She graduated from the University of West Florida in 2007 with a B.A. in Anthropology, specializing in Archaeology. Her interests include the Spanish colonial period, urban archaeology, maritime cultural landscapes, Geographic Information Systems, Hypack, underwater methodologies, and predictive modeling for maritime cultural resources. She has worked on both terrestrial and maritime archaeological projects throughout the Florida panhandle. During the summer of 2008, Elizabeth was the field director for the excavations of a portion of the east wall and moat surrounding Presidio San Miguel and helped supervise the field school at the historic Barkley House in downtown Pensacola. This summer, she worked on, and taught students about, the Emanuel Point II shipwreck and underwater archaeology. She hopes to aim her thesis research at synthesizing survey, historical, archaeological, environmental, meteorological, and biological data to form a comprehensive, holistic predictive model for historical shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay. Degree and focus: Historical Archaeology, Maritime.

Email: emurphy1@uwf.edu