Title: The archaeology of vernacular watercraft /
Authors: Evans, Amanda M.,
Date: 2016
Publisher: Springer,
Physical description: xiii, 291 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: Vernacular watercraft : in concept and in practice -- Improvise, adapt, overcome : vernacular boats as environmental adaptations -- The Caymania catboat -- The Bergatín, a little known craft from the early Spanish period in the new world -- Expressions of a dying tradition : vernacular watercraft in Apalachicola, Florida -- Some assembly required : the analysis and reassembly of the Larkin boat, a vernacular watercraft recovered from Gregory Mill Creek in Liberty County, Florida -- Born on the Bayou : Louisiana's vernacular constructed watercraft -- The watercraft of Castle Island, Washington, North Carolina -- The shallop of Hart's Cove -- Cultural transmissions of the "Biscayne Shallop" in the gulf of St. Lawrence, 1560-1750 -- The Batteau Plat of New France : its origin, construction, and design -- Vernacular craft of the North American Great Lakes -- The support system for the riverine trade in the United States -- The mini-fleet of Emerald Bay : recreational vernacular watercraft -- Getting a handle on the Georgia Strait handlines, a vernacular boat from British Columbia.
Subject headings (LCSH): Archaeology--Caribbean Area.; Archaeology--North America.; Boatbuilding; Boatbuilding--Caribbean Area.; Boatbuilding--North America.; Underwater archaeology.