| Iron and Steamship Archaeology: Success and Failure on the SS Xantho 2000 Edition Contributor(s): McCarthy, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306463652 ISBN-13: 9780306463655 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho, an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Anthropology - General - History |
| Dewey: 301 |
| LCCN: 00035704 |
| Series: The Springer Underwater Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 234 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho, an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks. |