Ships' graveyards : abandoned watercraft and the archaeological site formation process /

Ships' graveyards : abandoned watercraft and the archaeological site formation process /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Richards, Nathan.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2008.
Description:	xviii, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Shipwrecks. Shipwrecks -- Australia. Underwater archaeology. Underwater archaeology -- Australia. Shipwrecks. Underwater archaeology. Australia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7256865

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Other authors / contributors:	Society for Historical Archaeology.
ISBN:	9780813032573 (alk. paper) 0813032571 (alk. paper)
Notes:	"Published in cooperation with the Society for Historical Archaeology"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-242) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Abandoned watercraft in history and archaeology
The abandonment process and archaeological theory
Watercraft abandonment in Australia : national perspectives
Watercraft abandonment in Australia : environmental and regional perspectives
Archaeological signatures of use
The signatures of discard
Conclusion.