Underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Margaret E Leshikar-Denton, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, editors.
Contributors: Leshikar-Denton, Margaret E.; Luna Erreguerena, Pilar.
Series: One world archaeology series -- 56
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781598742626
Subjects: Underwater archaeology -- Latin America; Underwater archaeology -- Caribbean Area; Latin America -- Cultural policy; Caribbean Area -- Cultural policy
Description: "In the last 20 years, archaeologists have been fighting the battle against treasure hunters in an attempt to preserve resources as a source of cultural heritage, rather than allow them to be viewed solely as a means for financial reward. Case studies written primarily by Latin American and Caribbean archaeologists demonstrate exciting and cutting-edge research, conservation, site preservation, and interpretation. As a result, this book documents the emerging research interests of maritime archaeologists in Latin America and the Caribbean."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The foundations of underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Margaret E Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena; title: The submerged cultural heritage in Mexico / Pilar Luna Erreguerena; title: Nuestra Señora del Juncal : her story and her shipwreck / Patricia Meehan H. and Flor Trejo Rivera; title: Nautical charts and measurement systems of the 17th century / Carmen Rojas Sandoval; title: Riddles in the dark : human behaviours in the interpretation of a 16th-century wreck / Vera Moya Sordo; title: An 18th-century British shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico / Roberto Enrique Galindo Domínguez; title: Evidence of early inhabitants in submerged caves in Yucatan, Mexico / Arturo H. González González ... [et al.]; title: Mayan mortuary deposits in the cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico / Carmen Rojas Sandoval ... [et al.]; title: Maritime archaeology in Argentina at the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia / Dolores Elkin; title: The role of Benthic communities and environmental agents in the formation of underwater archaeological sites / Ricardo Bastida, Mónica Grosso and Dolores Elkin; title: Navigation in the Rio de la Plata / Antonio Lezama; title: Bermuda's shipwreck heritage / Edward Cecil Harris; title: The sinking of the slave ship Trouvadore : linking the past to the present / Nigel Sadler; title: The Cayman Islands' experience: yesterday, today and tomorrow / Margaret E Leshikar-Denton and Della A Scott-Ireton; title: The Jamaican version : public archaeology and the protection of the underwater cultural heritage / Dorrick E Gray; title: Port Royal, Jamaica : archaeological past, present and future / Donny L Hamilton; title: Preservation of waterlogged archaeological glass using polymers / C Wayne Smith; title: Development of maritime archaeological tourism using the wreck of the English SS Mediator in Curaçao / Wil Nagelkerken ... [et al.]; title: The historical anchorage of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles / Wil Nagelkerken and Raymond Hayes.