Jaco Boschoff, a Maritime Archaeologist at the Iziko Social History Museum in Cape Town will present the Department of Archaeology seminar with a talk entitled, "The wreck of São Josè Paquete d’Afrique". 

This presentation will discuss the evidence for the identification of the wreck found in Cape Town as that of São Josè Paquete d’Afrique.  Recently the project successfully solicited funding from the US Ambassador’s fund for Cultural Preservation. The presentation will discuss the proposal to the US Department of State including the funding of a conservation laboratory and the proposed investigation to the environmental processes on the wrecks site over a period of 12 months. Recording strategies and the further excavation of the wreck will also come under the spotlight.