Donna J Souza

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The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam: Underwater Archaeological Evidence from the Dry Tortugas (1998)Hardcover - 1998, 30 June 1998

The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam: Underwater Archaeological Evidence from the Dry Tortugas (1998)
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Part of Series
The Springer Underwater Archaeology
Part of Series
Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology
Part of Series
Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology
Print Length
189 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
30 Jun 1998
ISBN-10
0306458438
ISBN-13
9780306458439

Description

In Archaeology Under Water (1966: 19), pioneer nautical archaeologist George Bass pointed out how much easier it is to train someone who is already an archaeologist to become a diver than to take trained divers and teach them to do archaeology. While this is 'generally true, there have also been occasions when well-trained and enthusiastic sport-divers have been willing to accept the train- ing and discipline necessary to conduct good archaeological science, becoming first-rate scholars in the process. Dr. Donna Souza's book is the product of just such a transition. It shows how a sport-diver and volunteer fieldworker can proceed through a rigorous graduate program to achieve research results that are convincing in their own right and point toward new directions in the discipline as a whole. What is new in this book for maritime archaeology? Perhaps the most obvious and important feature of Dr. Souza's archaeological and historical analysis of the wreck at Pulaski Reef and its contemporaries in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, is the way it serves as a means to a larger end---namely an understanding of the social history of the transition from sail to steam in late nineteenth century maritime commerce in America. The relationship between changes in technology and culture is a classic theme in anthropology, and this study extends t theme into the domain of underwater archaeology.

Product Details

Author:
Donna J Souza
Book Edition:
1998
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 June 1998
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.27 cm
ISBN-10:
0306458438
ISBN-13:
9780306458439
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
189
Publisher:
Weight:
467.2 gm

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