Historical archaeologists are in a unique position to analyze both
historical documents and archaeological data in order to generate
hypotheses and draw conclusions. In this work, the data not only
provided the history of the ship "Catharine" but also the economic,
social and political environments in which the ship was built and
employed.
This work focuses not only on the shipwreck and the wrecking event, but
on the history and archaeology of a single ship. With this expanded
view, the research also delves into:
*International shipbuilding;
*The struggle for dominance in the ship trade in the 19th
century.
This book will be of interest to underwater, historical and cultural
archaeologists, social historians, cultural heritage managers and
archaeologists working in the southeastern United States.