Overview
Uses the archaeological concept of site significance to examine abandoned ships
Illustrates the diversity of ships' graveyard sites by including case studies from around the world
Explores the relationship between academia and tourism regarding underwater graveyards
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- abandoned ships in Australia
- archaeology of abandoned ships
- cultural resource management and abandoned watercraft
- maritime archaeology and ships
- site management of abandoned watercraft
- site significance and abandoned watercraft
- site significance and discarded ships
- tourism and maritime archaeology
- underwater exploration of abandoned ships
About this book
The historical importance and archaeological potential of deliberately discarded watercraft has not been a major feature of maritime archaeological enquiry. While research on the topic has appeared since the 1970s as books, chapters, and articles, most examples have been limited in focus and distribution, and in most cases disseminated as unpublished archaeological reports (i.e. the “gray literature”.) So, too, has there been a lack of a single source representing the diversity of geographical, historic, thematic, and theoretical contexts that ships’ graveyard sites and deliberately abandoned vessels represent.
In contrast with much of the theoretical or case-specific literature on the theme of watercraft discard, this volume communicates to the reader the common heritage and global themes that ships’ graveyard sites represent. It serves as a blueprint to illustrate how the remains of abandoned vessels in ships' graveyards are sites of considerable research value. Moreover, the case studies in this volume assist researchers in understanding the evolution of maritime technologies, economies, and societies. This volume is intended to expose research potential, create discussion, and reinforce the significance of a prevalent cultural resource that is often overlooked.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment
Editors: Nathan Richards, Sami Kay Seeb
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7342-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-7341-1Published: 05 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9179-9Published: 08 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7342-8Published: 05 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 375
Topics: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Anthropology