Maritime Archaeology A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contrib
This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for
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The Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology Series Editor:
J. Barto Arnold III Institute of Nautical Archaeology Texas A&M University College Station, Texas
Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions Edited by Lawrence E. Babits and Hans Van Tilburg
The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam: Underwater Archaeological Evidence from the Dry T ortugas Donna J. Souza
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Maritime Archaeology A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions Edited by
Lawrence E. Babits East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina
and
Hans Van Tilburg University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii
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Maritime archaeology : a r e a d e r of s u b s t a n t i v e and t h e o r e t i c a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s / e d i t e d by Lawrence E. B a b l t s and Hans Van T i l b u r g . p. cm. — (The Plenum s e r i e s in underwater archaeology) I n c l u d e s b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l r e f e r e n c e s and index. 1. Underwater archaeology. T i l b u r g , Hans. I I I . S e r i e s . CC77.U5M366 1998 930. 1'028'04~dc21
ISBN 978-0-306-45331-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0084-5
I . B a b i t s , Lawrence Edward.
I I . Van 97-49977 CIP
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This work is respectively dedicated to four maritime archaeologists who first saw the importance of underwater cultural resources and helped create a new discipline George F. Bass Keith Muckelroy Reynold Ruppe Peter Throckmorton and to the next generation of maritimers who will continue in their tradition of excellence and professionalism
Series Preface
This volume initiates a new series of books on maritime or underwater archaeology, and as the editor of the series I welcome its appearance with great excitement. It is appropriate that the first book of the series is a collection of articles intended for graduate or undergraduate courses in underwater archaeology, since the growth in academic opportunities for students is an important sign of the vitality of this subdiscipline. The layman will enjoy the book as well. Academic and public interest in shipwrecks and other submerged archaeological sites is indicated by a number of factors. Every year there are 80 to 90 research papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology's Conference on
