FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2006
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124

Combs to lecture on history and underwater archaeology

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Dr. Edwin Combs III, visiting assistant professor of history at Mississippi University for Women, will discuss history and underwater archaeology on Saturday, April 29 in Elizabeth City, N.C.
   
Combs was invited to give one of two lectures in the Elizabeth Vann Moore Biennial Series for Preservation Studies.
   
He is the author of many articles on the history of southern shipbuilding and trade and is active in underwater archaeological recovery in North Carolina.
   
Combs has been awarded various honors, including an Andrew Mellon Fellowship.