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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Richards, Nathan
Collectivité auteur: Society for Historical Archaeology
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Underwater archaeology.
Shipwrecks.
shipwrecks.
underwater archaeology.
Naufrages.
Naufrages > Australie.
Archeologie sous-marine.
Archeologie sous-marine > Australie.
Underwater archaeology > Australia.
Shipwrecks > Australia.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description:"Published in cooperation with the Society for Historical Archaeology"--Preliminary page.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813045887

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