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Maritime Archaeology

A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Lawrence E. Babits

    1. East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

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  2. Hans Tilburg

    1. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

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Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology (SSUA)

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Table of contents (57 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Lawrence E. Babits, Hans Van Tilburg
      Pages 1-3

  3. The Field

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Underwater Archaeology

      1. The Fos Underwater Excavations
        • Réné Baucaire
        Pages 9-15
      2. The Technical Importance of Shipwreck Archaeology
        • William A. Baker
        Pages 17-21
      3. Introducing Maritime Archaeology
        • Keith Muckelroy
        Pages 23-37
      4. Integrating Archaeological and Historical Records in Dutch East India Company Research
        • J. Bas Kist
        Pages 39-45
      5. A Discussion of Maritime Archaeology
        • Paul Fontenoy
        Pages 47-52

    3. The Secular Debate

      1. Underwater Archaeology, European versus American
        • Joel L. Shiner
        Pages 57-63
      2. The South Carolina Hobby Diver Program
        • Christopher F. Amer, Carl Steen
        Pages 65-69

    4. Ethics and the Great Debate

      1. The World’s Worst Investment
        • Peter Throckmorton
        Pages 75-83
      2. Why Dr. Bass Couldn’t Convince Mr. Gumbel
        • Wilburn A. Cockrell
        Pages 85-96
      3. Archaeology on Trial
        • R. Duncan Mathewson III
        Pages 97-104
      4. American Naval Archaeology
        • William S. Dudley
        Pages 105-109

  4. Areal Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. The Mediterranean: Bibliography

      1. The Mediterranean: Bibliography
        • Lawrence E. Babits, Hans Van Tilburg
        Pages 115-116

    3. Northern Europe: Bibliography

      1. Northern Europe: Bibliography
        • Lawrence E. Babits, Hans Van Tilburg
        Pages 117-117

    4. The Caribbean: Bibliography

      1. The Caribbean: Bibliography
        • Lawrence E. Babits, Hans Van Tilburg
        Pages 119-119

    5. The Pacific Rim

      1. Current Status of Underwater Archaeology in Malaysia
        • Adi Haji Taha
        Pages 123-126
      2. Philippine Underwater Archaeology
        • Wilfredo P. Ronquillo
        Pages 127-133
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About this book

This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for gradu­ ate or undergraduate courses in underwater archaeology, since the growth in academic opportunities for students is an important sign of the vitality of this subdiscipline. The layman will enjoy the book as well. Academic and public interest in shipwrecks and other submerged archaeological sites is indicated by a number of factors. Every year there are 80 to 90 research papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology's Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, and the Proceedings are published. Public interest is shown by extensive press coverage of shipwreck investigations. One of the most important advances in recent years has been the passage of the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987, for the first time providing national-level law con­ cerning underwater archeological sites. The legislation has withstood a number of legal challenges by commercial treasure salvors, a very hopeful sign for the long-term pres­ ervation of this nonrenewable type of cultural resource. The underwater archaeological discoveries of 1995 were particularly noteworthy. The Texas Historical Commission discovered the Belle, one of La Salle's ships, and the CSS Hunley was found by a joint project of South Carolina and a private nonprofit organization called NUMA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

    Lawrence E. Babits

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

    Hans Tilburg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maritime Archaeology

  • Book Subtitle: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions

  • Editors: Lawrence E. Babits, Hans Tilburg

  • Series Title: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0084-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45330-4Published: 31 January 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45331-1Published: 31 January 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0084-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7018

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7026

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 590

  • Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, Ecology

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