Pieces of eight : more archaeology of piracy / edited by Charles R. Ewen and Russell K. Skowronek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ewen, Charles Robin, editor.

Skowronek, Russell K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underwater archaeology.

Coastal archaeology.

Pirates--History.

Pirates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Going back to the "Queen Anne's Revenge," La Salles's "La Belle," and adding the newest finds from Captain Kidd's "Cara Merchant of Quedagh" and Captain Henry Morgan's encampments, this volume reveals new discoveries and new ways of looking at the archaeology of pirates.

Contents:

Setting a course toward an archaeology of piracy / Russell K. Skowronek

Blackbeard's Queen Anne's revenge and its French connection / Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton

Revisiting the fiery dragon / John de Bry and Marco Roling

Black Bart's ranger / Chad M. Gulseth

The wreck of the Quedagh Merchant: the lost ship of Captain William Kidd / Frederick H. Hanselmann and Charles D. Beeker

Plundering the Spanish Main: Henry Morgan's raid on Panama / Frederick H. Hanselmann, Tomas Mendizabal, and Juan G. Martin

Ireland's golden age of piracy: history, cartography, and emerging archaeology / Connie Kelleher

Shiver me timbers!: the influence of Hollywood on the archaeology of piracy / Russell K. Skowronek and Charles R. Ewen

Signaling pirate identity / Heather Hatch

Artifacts that talk like pirates: Jolly Roger iconography and archaeological sites / Kenneth J. Kinkor

Pirates as providers / Kathleen Deagan

Recognizing a pirate shipwreck without the skull and crossbones / Courtney Page and Charles R. Ewen

Parting shot / Charles R. Ewen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5124-X

0-8130-5566-0

OCLC:

927585735