Underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leshikar-Denton, Margaret E.

Luna Erreguerena, Pilar

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

One world archaeology ; 56.

One world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underwater archaeology--Latin America.

Underwater archaeology.

Underwater archaeology--Caribbean Area.

Cultural policy.

Latin America--Cultural policy.

Latin America.

Caribbean Area--Cultural policy.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2008]

Summary:

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, harbors, 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 viewed solely as a means for financial reward. Case studies written primarily by Latin American and Caribbean archaeologists demonstrate exciting and cutting-edge research, conservation, site preservation, and interpretation. As a result, this groundbreaking book documents the emerging research interests of maritime archaeologists in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contents:

The foundations of underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena

The submerged cultural heritage in Mexico / Pilar Luna Erreguerena

Nuestra Señora del Juncal : her story and her shipwreck / Patricia Meehan H. and Flor Trejo Rivera

Nautical charts and measurement systems of the 17th century / Carmen Rojas Sandoval

Riddles in the dark : human behaviours in the interpretation of a 16th-century wreck / Vera Moya Sordo

An 18th-century British shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico / Roberto Enrique Galindo Domínguez

Evidence of early inhabitants in submerged caves in Yucatan, Mexico / Arturo H. González González ... [et al.]

Mayan mortuary deposits in the cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico / Carmen Rojas Sandoval ... [et al.]

Maritime archaeology in Argentina at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología / Dolores Elkin

The role of Benthic communities and environmental agents in the formation of underwater archaeological sites / Ricardo Bastida, Mónica Grosso and Dolores Elkin

Navigation in the Río de la Plata / Antonio Lezama

Bermuda's shipwreck heritage / Edward Cecil Harris

The sinking of the slave ship Trouvadore : linking the past to the present / Nigel Sadler

The Cayman Islands' experience: yesterday, today and tomorrow / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Della A Scott-Ireton

The Jamaican version : public archaeology and the protection of the underwater cultural heritage / Dorrick E. Gray

Port Royal, Jamaica : archaeological past, present and future / Donny L. Hamilton

Preservation of waterlogged archaeological glass using polymers / C. Wayne Smith

Development of maritime archaeological tourism using the wreck of the English SS Mediator in Curaçao / Wil Nagelkerken ... [et al.]

The historical anchorage of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles / Wil Nagelkerken and Raymond Hayes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781598742626

1598742620

OCLC:

183262308