Chris Southerly

Deputy State Archaeologist - Underwater for the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Southerly supervises professional staff responsible for the identification, inventory, evaluation, and management of terrestrial and submerged archaeological sites throughout the state, and curation of associated archaeological data and artifacts. He is a co-principle investigator for the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project and the Underwater Archaeology Branch diving safety officer managing the equipment, logistics, and training of the Office of State Archaeology scientific diving program. He is a trained scientific diver and teaches recreational diving and dive safety as a PADI Master Instructor and DAN Instructor-Trainer in his spare time.