The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Richards, Nathan; Seeb, Sami Kay

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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since the 1970s as books, chapters, and articles of limited focus and distribution, most examples take the form of unpublished archaeological reports and graduate theses. Additionally, there is no existing single source that represents the great diversity of geographical, historic, thematic, and theoretical contexts of ship graveyard sites and deliberately abandoned vessels.

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 ship graveyard sites represent. It serves as an illustration of how the remains of abandoned vessels in ship 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. The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment is intended to expose research potential, create discussion, and reinforce the significance of a prevalent cultural resource that is often overlooked.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 375
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461473428
• Artikelnr.: 43802484

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
1.      Abandoned Ships and Ship Graveyards: Exploring Site Significance
and Research Potential Nathan Richards
2.      Scuttled, But Not Yet Abandoned: The Genesis and Evolution of
Antipodean Studies on the Australian West Coast Michael McCarthy
3.      The Thunder Bay Ship Graveyard, Lake Superior: From Abandonment to
Deliberate Discard in a Deep Resting Place Daniel LaRoche
4.      "Resting Places of the Pioneer Craft": Ship Abandonment at
Kingston, Canada Jonathan Moore
5.      A Ship Graveyard at City Point, Virginia Joshua A. Daniel
6.      The United States Shipping Board Fleet at Mallows Bay, Maryland:
Inventory and Assessment Donald G. Shomette
7.      Pacific Graveyard: Adaptive Reuse, Recycling and Abandonment in San
Francisco's Maritime Graveyards, 1849-1959 James P. Delgado
8.      The Ship Graveyards of New York Harbor: Damaging Drift or Vanishing
Resource? Andrew D.W. Lydecker and Stephen R. James, Jr.
9.      Yukon Hulks and Ships Graveyards John C. Pollack and Robyn P.
Woodward
10.  The Rural Vessel Abandonment Areas of North Creek, North Carolina
Lawrence E. Babits
11.  The Commercial Fishing Graveyard and Memory: Wright's Creek, Belhaven,
North Carolina Jacqueline L. Marcotte
12.  Cape Fear's Forgotten Fleet: The Eagles Island Ship Graveyard,
Wilmington, North Carolina Sami Kay Seeb
13.  Annales School and the Elizabeth City Ship Graveyard: A New
Theoretical Approach to Ship Abandonment Studies Lindsay S. Smith
14.  World War One German-Built Watercraft on the Wingecarribee RiverCosmos
Coroneos, Brad Duncan, and Caroline Wilby
15.  Bikini Atoll: Abandoning Hot Ships in a Cold War Daniel J. Lenihan
16.  Vessel Reuse and Abandonment In Post-Military Contexts: Examples from
the Colonial and Early National Navies of Australia and New Zealand James
W. Hunter, III
17.  Raising Wilmington's Forgotten Fleet: Uncovering History with Mobile
Video Technology Michael Dermody, Calvin H. Mires, and Christine Russell
18.  Abandoned Watercraft as a Teaching Resource Martin Read and Pollyanna
Magne
19.  Victoria's Ship Graveyard and Abandonment Sites Peter Charles Taylor
20.  Index