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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Islands of Time (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Of the 59 recorded Manila galleon shipwreck incidents between 1565 and 1815, only seven shipwreck sites have been identified today. Two 17th-century Manila galleons, Santa Margarita and Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (Concepción), are in the Northern Mariana Islands. Both sites, however, have been impacted by post-wrecking activities of...
The Salvage Of The Manila Galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción: Archaeology Or Treasure Hunting? (2019)
This is an abstract from the "POSTER Session 3: Material Culture and Site Studies" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Salvage companies may use the guise of archaeology to excavate shipwrecks for their own profits but may not abide by archaeological methods or ethical principles. One shipwreck that was salvaged by companies was the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, which wrecked in 1638 off the coast of Saipan in the Commonwealth of...