Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
One world archaeology series ; 56 |
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One world archaeology ; 56.
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Contents |
The foundations of underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena -- The submerged cultural heritage in Mexico / Pilar Luna Erreguerena -- Nuestra Señora del Juncal : her story and her shipwreck / Patricia Meehan H. and Flor Trejo Rivera -- Nautical charts and measurement systems of the 17th century / Carmen Rojas Sandoval -- Riddles in the dark : human behaviours in the interpretation of a 16th-century wreck / Vera Moya Sordo -- An 18th-century British shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico / Roberto Enrique Galindo Domínguez -- Evidence of early inhabitants in submerged caves in Yucatan, Mexico / Arturo H. González González [and others] -- Mayan mortuary deposits in the cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico / Carmen Rojas Sandoval [and others] -- Maritime archaeology in Argentina at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología / Dolores Elkin |
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The role of Benthic communities and environmental agents in the formation of underwater archaeological sites / Ricardo Bastida, Mónica Grosso and Dolores Elkin -- Navigation in the Río de la Plata / Antonio Lezama -- Bermuda's shipwreck heritage / Edward Cecil Harris -- The sinking of the slave ship Trouvadore : linking the past to the present / Nigel Sadler -- The Cayman Islands' experience: yesterday, today and tomorrow / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Della A Scott-Ireton -- The Jamaican version : public archaeology and the protection of the underwater cultural heritage / Dorrick E. Gray -- Port Royal, Jamaica : archaeological past, present and future / Donny L. Hamilton -- Preservation of waterlogged archaeological glass using polymers / C. Wayne Smith -- Development of maritime archaeological tourism using the wreck of the English SS Mediator in Curaçao / Wil Nagelkerken [and others] -- The historical anchorage of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles / Wil Nagelkerken and Raymond Hayes |
Summary |
Case studies written primarily by Latin American and Caribbean archaeologists demonstrate exciting and cutting edge research, conservation, site preservation, and interpretation of underwater and maritime archaeology in the region |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Underwater archaeology -- Latin America
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Underwater archaeology -- Caribbean Area
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Cultural policy
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Underwater archaeology
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Cultural policy
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Caribbean Area -- Cultural policy
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Subject |
Caribbean Area
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Latin America
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Luna Erreguerena, Pilar
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LC no. |
2008021109 |
ISBN |
9781598747478 |
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1598747479 |
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1315416085 |
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9781315416083 |
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1315416093 |
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9781315416090 |
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