Nathan Richards
Maritime Archaeologist, Director of Maritime Studies Program in Maritime Studies, Department of History East Carolina
Dr. Nathan Richards specializes in maritime archaeological theory and method with a focus on cultural site formation processes of the archaeological record. He has an interest in 19th and 20th century maritime history, the history of technology, and in comparative and anthropological approaches to maritime archaeological subjects. He has been involved in field schools run by Departments of Archaeology at Flinders University and James Cook University, and has been employed in cultural heritage management work by the State Governments of South Australia and Tasmania. He is also the author of several journal articles, book chapters, and numerous reports and reviews and his research has appeared in several industry publications, such as the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. Dr. Richards assumed the role of Director of the Program in Maritime Studies (Department of History) at East Carolina University (ECU) in 2018. He has taught classes in the history, theory, method, and ethics of maritime archaeology, field schools, and cultural heritage management at ECU since 2003.
