The Denbigh Project
Test excavations at the wreck of an American Civil War blockade-runner
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Barto Arnold Iii, J Barto Arnold, Thomas J Oertling, Andrew Hall (0000-0003-1165-706X), Andrew W Hall |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 400-412 |
| Publication date | 2001-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438240120048707 |
| OpenAlex | W4251098434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The wreck of the Denbigh , one of the most successful and famous blockade-runners of the American Civil War (1861-5), was located and recorded near Galveston in Texas in 1997. The vessel was built in 1860 as a coastal paddle steamer by Laird,Sons & Co.of Birkenhead (Merseyside, England), and incorporated all the latest features of design and technology. After three years as a passenger steamer on the Irish Sea the Denbigh sailed for Cuba, where she worked as a blockade-runner taking material to and from the Confederate South from early 1864 until her grounding and destruction by Union forces on 23-4 May 1865. This paper provides updated findings on the ship's history and covers the 1999 test excavation phase of an underwater archaeology project to investigate the wreck. As a case-study in historical archaeology the Denbigh Project seeks to integrate documentary, pictorial and material evidence in a way which provides a model for future investigations of shipwrecks of the recent historic past
Archaeology · Blockade · Excavation · Irish · Irish sea · Spanish Civil War · Test (biology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Engineering · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |