Author: Paul Forsythe JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Underwater Archaeology
Author: Paul Forsythe JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
Author: Carol V. RuppePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461505356
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Although underwater archaeology has assumed its rightful place as an important subdiscipline in the field, the published literature has not kept pace with the rapid increase in the number of both prehistoric and historic underwater sites. The editors have assembled an internationally distinguished roster of contributors to fill this gap. The book presents geographical and topical approaches, and focuses on technology, law, public and private institutional roles and goals, and the research and development of future technologies and public programs.
Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Margaret E Leshikar-DentonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315416085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Case studies written primarily by Latin American and Caribbean archaeologists demonstrate exciting and cutting edge research, conservation, site preservation, and interpretation of underwater and maritime archaeology in the region.
Maritime Archaeology
Author: Lawrence E. BabitsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489900845
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for gradu ate or undergraduate courses in underwater archaeology, since the growth in academic opportunities for students is an important sign of the vitality of this subdiscipline. The layman will enjoy the book as well. Academic and public interest in shipwrecks and other submerged archaeological sites is indicated by a number of factors. Every year there are 80 to 90 research papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology's Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, and the Proceedings are published. Public interest is shown by extensive press coverage of shipwreck investigations. One of the most important advances in recent years has been the passage of the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987, for the first time providing national-level law con cerning underwater archeological sites. The legislation has withstood a number of legal challenges by commercial treasure salvors, a very hopeful sign for the long-term pres ervation of this nonrenewable type of cultural resource. The underwater archaeological discoveries of 1995 were particularly noteworthy. The Texas Historical Commission discovered the Belle, one of La Salle's ships, and the CSS Hunley was found by a joint project of South Carolina and a private nonprofit organization called NUMA.
The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: An Emerging Objective of the Contemporary Law of the Sea
Author: Anastasia StratiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004479465
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
The marine environment is almost ideal for the preservation of artefacts and, until relatively recently, it also provided complete protection from destruction by man. However, the aqualung has made most shallow underwater sites accessible, leading to widespread plundering. Current deep-sea bed technology now threatens deep water sites. There is a need for immediate international action to preserve the man-made environment, alongside the natural one. The enunciation of legal rules to protect the underwater cultural heritage is a complex issue, involving a matrix of interests and laws, both international and national.
Patroons and Periaguas
Author: Lynn B. HarrisPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611173868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Patroons and Periaguas explores the intricately interwoven and colorful creole maritime legacy of Native Americans, Africans, enslaved and free African Americans, and Europeans who settled along the rivers and coastline near the bourgeoning colonial port city of Charleston, South Carolina. Colonial South Carolina, from a European perspective, was a water-filled world where boatmen of diverse ethnicities adopted and adapted maritime skills learned from local experiences or imported from Africa and the Old World to create a New World society and culture. Lynn B. Harris describes how they crewed together in galleys as an ad hoc colonial navy guarding settlements on the Edisto, Kiawah, and Savannah Rivers, rowed and raced plantation log boats called periaguas, fished for profits, and worked side by side as laborers in commercial shipyards building sailing ships for the Atlantic coastal trade, the Caribbean islands, and Europe. Watercraft were of paramount importance for commercial transportation and travel, and the skilled people who built and operated them were a distinctive class in South Carolina. Enslaved patroons (boat captains) and their crews provided an invaluable service to planters, who had to bring their staple products—rice, indigo, deerskins, and cotton—to market, but they were also purveyors of information for networks of rebellious communications and illicit trade. Harris employs historical records, visual images, and a wealth of archaeological evidence embedded in marshes, underwater on riverbeds, or exhibited in local museums to illuminate clues and stories surrounding these interactions and activities. A pioneering underwater archaeologist, she brings sources and personal experience to bear as she weaves vignettes of the ongoing process of different peoples adapting to each other and their new world that is central to our understanding of the South Carolina maritime landscape.
Submerged Cultural Resource Management
Author: James D. SpirekPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461500699
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This vital book is a collection on the various ways archaeologists and resource managers have devised to make available and interpret submerged cultural resources for the public, such as underwater archaeological preserves, shipwreck trails, and land-based interpretive media and literature. This volume is an invaluable resource to underwater archaeologists, cultural and heritage resource managers, museum and heritage educators and those studying these professions.
California, Oregon, and Washington Archaeological Resource Study: Appendices
Author: California, Oregon, and Washington Archaeological Resource Study
Author: Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987; preserving wetlands, historic, and prehistoric sites in the St. Johns River Valley, FL; and highway relocation affecting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, GA
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and ForestsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description