Shipwrecks and maritime archaeology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919202
AutoresDavid Gibbins (0000-0002-6829-3060), Jonathan Adams David Gibbins (autor de correspondencia), Jonathan Adams (0000-0003-3890-4630)
Año2001
Volumen32
Número3
Páginas279-291
Fecha de publicación2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438240120048635
OpenAlexW2164065522
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas35

Shipwrecks are the most numerous and distinctive type of site studied by maritime archaeologists. Their uniform characteristics, regardless of date, place and type, mean that virtually all wrecks can be investigated using similar methodologies and research strategies. The contributions to this issue of World Archaeology demonstrate both these common features and the wide variety of archaeological and historical contexts in which wreck data can be placed. They also reflect the truly global nature of underwater archaeology as it has evolved over the past decade, with many sites investigated in previously undeveloped regions and an attendant increase in cultural resource management. This period has also seen significant developments in theory. A distinctive agenda is developing which emphasizes the unusual quality of maritime data and the possibilities of inductive analysis, yet seeks to expand and diversify the contexts in which ships and their material culture are viewed; new approaches have been derived from symbolic, contextual and critical archaeology, and from wide-ranging socio-economic models. Diversifying the contexts in which wreck evidence is interpreted underlines its essential richness and its unique contribution to archaeology

Archaeological theory · Archaeology · Conflict archaeology · Geography · Historical archaeology · Maritime archaeology · Post-medieval archaeology · Prehistoric archaeology · Prehistory · Resource (disambiguation · Underwater · Underwater archaeology · Variety (cybernetics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology