Of His Bones are Coral Made
Submerged Cultural Resources, Site Formation Processes, and Multiple Scales of Interpretation in Coastal Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6041687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel L Horlings (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-131 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0067270x.2011.647954 |
| OpenAlex | W2079747082 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 152 |
Integrating theoretical and methodological approaches to formation processes across a range of scales from micro-artifact to region and from historical to environmental processes, this work explores the archaeology of the event related to submerged archaeological sites within the Elmina seascape of coastal Ghana. Building on and intersecting with the work of other scholars, this research is a unique approach to the investigation of submerged cultural remains related to historical maritime trade. Remote sensing surveys in 2009 led to the identification of three sites related to maritime trade, adding significantly to the two previously known sites, which include a circa 1650 shipwreck, referred to as the Elmina Wreck, and the remains of an early 18th century vessel in the Benya Lagoon. Drawing on remote sensing survey data, diver investigations, and the micro-sampling sediment coring technique developed over the course of field research, the historical and physical environment of coastal Elmina is studied as a means of interpreting the unique events surrounding a specific shipwreck, and to relate formation processes across the region to this and other sites. While archaeological evidence is limited, the complex study of formation processes, including the historical contexts of trade and the physical environmental has provided insights into events and practices of trade, destruction and preservation of submerged sites, and has provided a foundation for continued holistic investigation and maritime archaeological studies in the region. The methodological and theoretical approaches to formation processes form a model applicable to maritime research across the globe
Coral · Environmental resource management · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography
The Monster in the Harbor
Postcolonial or Not
Maritime Cultural Resource Investigation, Management, and Mitigation in Coastal Ghana
Archaeological Microsampling by Means of Sediment Coring at Submerged Sites
To Sink or Swim
The Formation of a West African Maritime Seascape
Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana
Maritime Archaeology and the Early Atlantic Trade
Connecting African Diaspora and West African Historical Archaeologies
Developing a new theoretical model for West African maritime archaeology
Forests of History
Rachel Lynelle Horlings 22 April 1979 – 16 March 2013
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The Archaeology of regions
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The external trade of the Loango Coast, 1576-1870
The Atlantic Ocean And Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492–1808
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Introduction Landscape
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Economic aspects of the eighteenth-century Atlantic slave trade
The Siteless Survey
World-Wide Delivery of River Sediment to the Oceans
The Uncommon market
A History of Archaeological Thought
Natural Formation Processes and the Archaeological Record
Cross-Cultural Trade in World History
A Review of Site Formation Processes and Their Relevance to Geoarchaeology
The beaufort inlet shipwreck project
Integrated Geophysical Surveys of The French Frigate (1797), Bantry Bay, Co. Cork, Ireland
Vanguard of Empire
Trouble With Siblings
Introduction
The Dutch Republic and Brazil as Commercial Partners on the West African Coast during the Eighteenth Century
The Anthropological Study of Landscape
African Historical Archaeology(ies)
Environmental Archaeology and Historical Archaeology
Archaeological Site Formation
De-particularizing the particular
The Flintlock Site (8JA1763)
Microbiology of Concretions, Sediments and Mechanisms Influencing the Preservation of Submerged Archaeological Artifacts
Seventeenth-Century Vehicle of the Middle Passage
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Slave Ships and Maritime Archaeology
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Status and role of formation theory in contemporary archaeological practice
Predicting the Fate of Artefacts in Energetic, Shallow Marine Environments
Archaeological research on HMS Swift
The Pepper Wreck, an early 17th-century Portuguese Indiaman at the mouth of the Tagus River, Portugal
Cost-effective deep water archaeology
Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the 17th-Century Anglo-Dutch East-Indiaman Avondster in Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka
Monitoring of Shipwreck Sites
Marine archaeology in society and science
Cultural Site Formation Processes in Maritime Archaeology
Experiments into the deterioration characteristics of materials on the Duart Point wreck site
Type or technique. Some thoughts on boat and ship finds as indicative of cultural traditions
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Hydroarchaeology
The role of galvanic couples in the corrosion of shipwreck metals
Mombasa wreck excavation Second preliminary report, 1978
Recovery of medieval and modern archaeological material in the harbour of Vado Ligure, Savona, Italy from 1975 to 1985
The Yorktown Shipwreck Archaeological Project
Pollen, phytoliths, and other microscopic plant remains in underwater archaeology
The Highborn Cay wreck
Marine geophysical investigation of the inshore coastal waters of Northern Ireland
Seascapes and Landscapes-the Siting of the Ferriby Boat Finds in the Context of Prehistoric Pilotage
The archaeology of scattered wreck‐sites
Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk
Biogenic modifications of marine sediments and their influence on archaeological material
A Portuguese wreck off Mombasa, Kenya
Formation processes affecting submerged archaeological sites
Comparison of the maritime Sites and Monuments Record with side‐scan sonar and diver surveys
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Preventive Medicine in the Dutch Slave Trade, 1747–1797
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The Door of No Return
The Wreck of the Ex-Slaver James Matthews
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Archaeology of the Barrel Wreck, Loggerhead Reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
African Connections
Danish Settlements in West Africa, 1658-1850
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Science in Archaeology
A survey of surveys
Ghana's Vanishing Past
The Slave Trade
GIS, Archaeological Survey, and Landscape Archaeology on the Island of Kythera, Greece
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
Dutch Shipping and Trade with West Africa, 1674–1740
The Shipping of the British Slave Trade in its Final Years, 1798–1807
The Komenda Wars, 1694–1700
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Yankee Traders, Old Coasters and African Middlemen. A History of American Legitimate Trade with West Africa in the Nineteenth Century
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Mombasa Island
Engendering Ghana's Seascape
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |