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Callao, Peru: Documented Historical Shipwrecks From A South Pacific Harbor (2024)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The port of Callao was founded in the 1530s along the foundation of the capital city of Lima in Peru by the Spaniards during the conquest of the Inca Empire. Since its early days as the only harbor for the viceroyalty, Callao had an important role within the economy and political hegemony. Due to this relevance, constant maritime...