Maritime archaeology deals with shipwrecks and is carried out by divers rather than diggers. But this is by no means a marginal branch of archaeology. It embraces maritime history, analyzing changes in ship-building, navigation, reconstructing the infrastructure of waterborne commerce, and offers fresh perspectives on the cultures and societies that produced the ships and sailors. Drawing on detailed and recent case studies, Richard Gould provides an up-to-date review of the field and a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies. He also argues for the careful management of underwater cultural resources.
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"In his informative and fact-filled book, Gould covers much ground-and water-from the beginnings of ship construction and waterborne trade in ancient times to the peculiarities of areas where ships are likely to founder" Norman N. Brown, Associated Press
"Overall, this is a well researched and written book that makes a significant contribution to both underwater archaeology and maritime history...Achaeologists, historians and anyone with an interest in the maritime world will find this book appealing, worthwhile and a valuable addition to their personal libraries." The Northern Mariner
"...offers a wide-ranging, state-of-the-art review of the field...Some seventy-four photographs, charts, and diagrams add to the value of an important work that...may serve as an excellent introduction for any reader requiring a sophisticated one-volume survey." The American Neptune
"Gould'd Archaeology and the Social History of Ships will make an excellent addition to the library of anyone interested in archaeology, whether underwater or terrestrial. The book provides us with a summary of what is becoming an abundant archaeological record that documents the evolution of ships."
Dennis Knepper, MAHSNews
"Overall, this is a well researched and written book that makes a significant contribution to both underwater archaeology and maritime history...Achaeologists, historians and anyone with an interest in the maritime world will find this book appealing, worthwhile and a valuable addition to their personal libraries." The Northern Mariner
"...offers a wide-ranging, state-of-the-art review of the field...Some seventy-four photographs, charts, and diagrams add to the value of an important work that...may serve as an excellent introduction for any reader requiring a sophisticated one-volume survey." The American Neptune
"Gould'd Archaeology and the Social History of Ships will make an excellent addition to the library of anyone interested in archaeology, whether underwater or terrestrial. The book provides us with a summary of what is becoming an abundant archaeological record that documents the evolution of ships."
Dennis Knepper, MAHSNews
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Underwater archaeology deals with shipwrecks and submerged settlements, and its finds are recovered by divers rather than diggers. But this is by no means a marginal branch of archaeology. Studying maritime history, analysing changes in ship-building, navigation and shipboard life, reconstructing the infrastructure of overseas commerce, underwater archaeologists provide important fresh perspectives on the cultures that produced the ships and sailors. This book is an up-to-date review of the field, and a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies. It argues for the careful management of underwater cultural resources.
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For experienced divers, the underwater world is a familiar neighborhood, and its rewards and hazards are as open to human experience as any on land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
priority cargoes, good archaeological science, postdepositional factors, shipwreck studies, maritime archaeologists, sumptuary items, portable artifacts, sailing cargo ships, iron fasteners, wooden treenails, log dugouts, wrecking process, hydraulic concrete, underwater archaeologists, ship casualties, planked boats, ship trap, underwater archaeology, midships area, nautical archaeology, shipbuilding tradition, cement barrel, maritime archaeology, postdepositional processes, shipwreck sites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dry Tortugas, Ulu Burun, Bronze Age, Mary Rose, Fort Jefferson, Bird Key, Cape Gelidonya, Civil War, Molasses Reef, Mary Celestia, Yassi Ada, Pearl Harbor, Royal Navy, United States, Loggerhead Reef, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Key West, Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada, New World, North Carolina, Dutch East India Company, Fort Cunningham, Iron Age, Loggerhead Key New!
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For experienced divers, the underwater world is a familiar neighborhood, and its rewards and hazards are as open to human experience as any on land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
priority cargoes, good archaeological science, postdepositional factors, shipwreck studies, maritime archaeologists, sumptuary items, portable artifacts, sailing cargo ships, iron fasteners, wooden treenails, log dugouts, wrecking process, hydraulic concrete, underwater archaeologists, ship casualties, planked boats, ship trap, underwater archaeology, midships area, nautical archaeology, shipbuilding tradition, cement barrel, maritime archaeology, postdepositional processes, shipwreck sites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dry Tortugas, Ulu Burun, Bronze Age, Mary Rose, Fort Jefferson, Bird Key, Cape Gelidonya, Civil War, Molasses Reef, Mary Celestia, Yassi Ada, Pearl Harbor, Royal Navy, United States, Loggerhead Reef, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Key West, Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada, New World, North Carolina, Dutch East India Company, Fort Cunningham, Iron Age, Loggerhead Key New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Yassi Ada: Volume I, A Seventh-Century Byzantine Shipwreck (Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series) by Dr. George F. Bass PhD on 5 pages
- Shipwreck Anthropology (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series) by Richard A. Gould in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Civil War (A Library of Congress Book) by Martin W. Sandler on page 273, and page 274
- New Guy by Milian France on page 115, and page 147
- Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft by Thor Heyerdahl on page 82, and Back Matter
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- Material Culture and Consumer Society: Dependent Colonies in Colonial Australia (The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology) by Mark Staniforth in Back Matter
- 1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies in Back Matter
- Maritime Archaeology and Social Relations: British Action in the Southern Hemisphere (The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology) by Virginia Dellino-Musgrave in Back Matter
- Maritime Archaeology: Australian Approaches (The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology) by Mark Staniforth in Back Matter
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