Format:
Online-Ressource (318 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781598742626
Series Statement:
One World Archaeology
Content:
The waters of Latin America and the Caribbean are rich with archaeological sites, including coastal settlements, defensive forts, freshwater sources, fishing-related activities, navigational aids, anchorages, harbours, ports, shipbuilding sites, shipwrecks and survivor camps. Tragically, treasure-hunting has had a deep impact on these maritime cultural resources, especially on shipwrecks. In the last 20 years, archaeologists have been fighting the battle against these treasure hunters in an attempt to preserve these resources as a source of cultural heritage, rather than allow them to be viewe
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Foundations of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena; 2. The Submerged Cultural Heritage in Mexico / Pilar Luna Erreguerena; 3. Nuestra Señora del Juncal: Her Story and Her Shipwreck / Patricia Meehan H. and Flor Trejo Rivera; 4. Nautical Charts and Measurement Systems of the 17th Century / Carmen Rojas Sandoval; 5. Riddles in the Dark: Human Behaviors in the Interpretation of a 16th-Century Wreck / Vera Moya Sordo
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6. An 18th-Century British Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico / Roberto Enrique Galindo Domínguez7. Evidence of Early Inhabitants in Submerged Caves in Yucatan, Mexico / Arturo H. González González, Carmen Rojas Sandoval, Eugenio Acevez Núñez et al.; 8. Mayan Mortuary Deposits in the Cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico / Carmen Rojas Sandoval, Arturo H. González González, Alejandro Terrazas Mata, and Martha Benavente Sanvicente; 9. Maritime Archaeology in Argentina at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología / Dolores Elkin
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10. The Role of Benthic Communities and Environmental Agents in the Formation of Underwater Archaeological Sites / Ricardo Bastida, Mónica Grosso, and Dolores Elkin11. Navigation in the Río de La Plata / Antonio Lezama; 12. Bermuda's Shipwreck Heritage / Edward Cecil Harris; 13. The Sinking of the Slave Ship Trouvadore: Linking the Past to the Present / Nigel Sadler; 14. The Cayman Islands' Experience: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Della A. Scott-Ireton
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15. The Jamaican Version: Public Archaeology and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage / Dorrick E. Gray16. Port Royal, Jamaica: Archaeological Past, Present, and Future / Donny L. Hamilton; 17. Preservation of Waterlogged Archaeological Glass Using Polymers / C. Wayne Smith; 18. Development of Maritime Archaeological Tourism Using the Wreck of the English SS Mediator in Curaçao / Wil Nagelkerken, Theo van der Giessen, Raymond Hayes, and Dennis Knepper; 19. The Historical Anchorage of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles / Wil Nagelkerken and Raymond Hayes; Index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781598747478
Additional Edition:
Print version Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean
Language:
English
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