Ships' Graveyards

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ID23766716
AuthorsNathan Richards (0000-0002-6816-8008, corresponding author)
Year2008
Publication date2008-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueShips' graveyards (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5744/florida/9780813032573.001.0001
OpenAlexW4238134445
ISBN9780813032573
LanguageEN
Citations received23

This is a theoretical study that avoids the single-site bias prevalent in most underwater archaeology research. It also eschews the traditional examination of shipwreck sites as the core component of study in this field. Instead, the author seeks to discover what we can learn by examining intentionally abandoned vessels and to determine what the differences are between cultural site formation processes and those created “naturally” (that is, by shipwrecks and other nautical disasters). Using Australian waters as a case study, he examines over 1,500 vessels abandoned over a period of more than 200 years. In offering such a detailed focus on an underutilized archaeological resource, the author provides a model for the examination of similar sites and processes in many other locations around the world.

Archaeology · Focus (optics) · Geography · Resource (disambiguation) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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