Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes

225 Pages·2017·6.34 MB·English

by  Alicia Caporaso (eds.)

When the Land Meets the Sea
Alicia Caporaso E ditor
Formation
Processes
of Maritime
Archaeological
Landscapes
When the Land Meets the Sea
An ACUA and SHA Series
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Alicia Caporaso
Editor
Formation Processes
of Maritime Archaeological
Landscapes
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Editor
Alicia Caporaso
Covington, LA
USA
ISSN 1869-6783 ISSN 1869-6791 (electronic)
Whenthe Land Meetsthe Sea
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DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48787-8
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Acknowledgments
The genesis of this book began with the organization of a symposium on the
formation of maritime sites and landscapes at the 2013 conference for the Society
forAmericanArchaeologyattheUniversityofLeicester,UK.Iwouldliketothank
Joyce Steinmetz for her assistance in organizing the session and Paul Johnston for
synthesizing the main themes of the session as discussant. Each author who has
contributed his/her/their chapter to this volume worked tirelessly to help me
shepherd this book through the process of creation, editing, and production. I am
very grateful to Annalies Corbin and the SHA publication committee as well as
Teresa Krauss at Springer for supporting this project. Lastly, I must thank Ben
Ford, my SHA Co-Publications Associate Editor, for allowing me to use his
experienceastheeditorofthesecondvolumeinthisseries,tomaketheprocessso
much easier than itmay havebeen,andforhis extensive, thoughtfulcommentson
each chapter and the overall book.
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Contents
1 Introduction... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 1
Alicia Caporaso
2 A Dynamic Processual Maritime Archaeological
Landscape Formation Model .. .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 7
Alicia Caporaso
3 Mapping the Coastal Frontier: Shipwrecks and
the Cultural Landscape of the Early Republic Littoral . ..... .... 31
Jamin Wells
4 Collaboration, Collision, and (Re)Conciliation:
Indigenous Participation in Australia’s Maritime Industry—
A Case Study from Point Pearce/Burgiyana, South Australia. .... 53
Madeline Fowler and Lester-Irabinna Rigney
5 The Formation of a West African Maritime Seascape:
Atlantic Trade, Shipwrecks, and Formation Processes
on the Coast of Ghana .. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 79
Rachel Horlings and Gregory Cook
6 Environment and Agency in the Formation
of the Eastern Ship Graveyard in the Central Basin
at Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 113
Damian Robinson, Franck Goddio and David Fabre
7 Tsunami and Salvage: The Archaeological Landscape
of the Beeswax Wreck, Oregon, USA ... .... .... .... ..... .... 141
Scott S. Williams, Mitch Marken and Curt D. Peterson
8 Coastal Erosion and Archaeological Site Formation
Processes on Santa Rosa Island, California... .... .... ..... .... 163
Christopher S. Jazwa
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9 Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Sites
in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): A First Approach ..... .... 189
Jean-Sébastien Guibert, Christian Stouvenot and Frédéric Leroy
10 Conclusions/Discussion .. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 211
James P. Delgado
Index .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 219
Editor and Contributors
About the Editor
Dr. Alicia Caporaso has been a professional archaeologist for 12 years as an
instructor of Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and Oceanography, and as a
federal archaeologist with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management. Her publications and book reviews have appeared in
The ACUA Underwater Proceedings, Le Journal, The Nebraska Anthropologist,
The Northern Mariner, South Dakota History, and Technical Briefs in Historical
Archaeology.
Contributors
Alicia Caporaso Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New Orleans, LA, USA
Gregory Cook Department of Anthropology, University of West Florida,
Pensacola, FL, USA
James P. Delgado Maritime Heritage, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
David Fabre European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, Paris, France
Madeline Fowler Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Franck Goddio European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, Paris, France
Jean-Sébastien Guibert AIHP-GÉODE EA 929 Université des Antilles,
Schoelcher Cedex, France
Rachel Horlings Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
ChristopherS.Jazwa DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofNevada,Reno,
NV, USA
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