Ships' graveyards : abandoned watercraft and the archaeological site formation process /
Explicitly theoretical, this study avoids the single site bias of much underwater archaeology research and also eschews the traditional examination of shipwreck sites as the core component of studies in this field. Using Australian waters as a case study, Nathan Richards examines the sites of vessel...
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Society for Historical Archaeology. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, ©2008. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
| Summary: | Explicitly theoretical, this study avoids the single site bias of much underwater archaeology research and also eschews the traditional examination of shipwreck sites as the core component of studies in this field. Using Australian waters as a case study, Nathan Richards examines the sites of vessels which have been deliberately abandoned. |
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| Item Description: | "Published in cooperation with the Society for Historical Archaeology"--Preliminary page. Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813039541 0813039541 0813045886 9780813045887 |