ISBN:
0-8263-0687-X
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978-0-8263-0687-6
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 273 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [21]
Series Statement:
A _School of American Research Book [21]
Keywords:
Anthropologie, historische Archäologie
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Schiffahrt
Abstract:
"Shipwrecks are part of the legitimate domain of anthropology and can produce results that are as significant for our ability to explain variability in human behavior as any other kind of archaeology, whether it deals with stone tools in a European Paleolithic rockshelter or ceramics contained in a sixteenth-century Spanish shipwreck." So argues Richard A. Gould, the editor of this volume originating from a 1981 School of American Research advanced seminar.Historical, classical, and anthropological traditions in archaeology are all represented, as are more specialized approachessuch as ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and public archaeologyin the attempt to determine how the study of shipwrecks can inform and enlarge upon our general view of man`s relationship to his maritime environment. With the field in a period of transition, the appearance of this compendium is especially timely. Important trends in shipwrecks as anthropological phenomena are identified and prime considerations for further work are laid out.While the old stereotype of the shipwreck archaeologist as a sport diver or a treasure hunter has been dispelled forever, all the contributors recognize the threat to future study that treasure hunters pose. As this volume shows, the wealth of anthropologically useful information that could be lost is enormous. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Statement by seminar participants on the present looting of shipwrecks in Florida and Texas-- 1. Looking Below the Surface: Shipwreck Archaeology as Anthropology, Richard A. Gould -- 2. Method and Theory in Shipwreck Archaeology, Patty Jo Watson -- 3. Rethinking Shipwreck Archaeology: A History of Ideas and Considerations for New Directions, Daniel J. Lenihan -- 4. Shipwrecks as Data Base for Human Behavioral Studies, Larry Murphy -- 5. A Plea for Historical Particularism in Nautical Archaeology, George F. Bass -- 6. The Archaeology of War: Wrecks of the Spanish Armada of 1588 and the Battle of Britain, 1940, Richard A. Gould -- 7. History, Smugglers, Change, and Shipwrecks, Peter R. Schmidt and Stephen A. Mrozowski -- 8. Land and Water, Urban Life, and Boats: Underwater Reconnaissance in Chesapeake Bay, Mark P. Leone -- 9. Answering Our Questions with Experiments, Cheryl Claassen -- 10. A Trial Classification Model for the Analysis of Shipwrecks, Wilburn A. Cockrell -- 11. The Mystery of the Prehistoric "Chinese Anchors": Toward Research Designs for Underwater Archaeology, E. Gary Stickel -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 245-266"School of American Research advanced Seminar on Shipwrecks as Anthropological Phenamena, May 1981" (Acknowledgements)Enthält 11 Beiträge
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