Coastal and Port Cities: Maritime Archaeology on Land and Underwater

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

Maritime archaeology as a discipline transcends the frontiers between terrestrial and underwater environments. The maritime character of a society and its material culture expression are determined by a necessary land-water opposition, well expressed within coastal and port cities. This session will welcome contributions about harbour and port archaeology, both on land and under the water, to illustrate how land and sea are inevitably interconnected. The papers will focus more specifically on how harbours developped within specific city contexts, and how in return the city plans were also shaped by maritime activities and infrastructures.

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  1. Against All Odds: The British Siege and the Spanish Defense of Cartagena in 1741 and the Interpretation of Spanish Shipwrecks (2014)
  2. Archaeological excavations in the Harbour of Grønnegaard, Copenhagen: Examples of quays, careening wharf, slipway, crane, and the reuse of scuttled ship-hulls in 17th & 18th century (2014)
  3. Archaeology of Oostenburg. The Amsterdam harbour extension of 1660 and the VOC ship yard (2014)
  4. Charles Aubert sites and the ports of Québec during the XVIIth century (2014)
  5. The history of La Charité-sur-Loire bridges (France, Burgundy and Centre Regions), from the 18th to the 20th century (2014)
  6. Maritime Archaeology at Gdan’sk urban sites (2014)
  7. Port Archaeology - Medieval and Post-Medieval Harbours in the Loire and Seine Estuaries, France. Sites condemned by canal works but still accessible (2014)
  8. Preliminary Report of a Maritime Archaeological Survey at Sandy Point, St. Kitts, British West Indies (2014)
  9. Social Stratification in Bangka waters’ Lighthouses (2014)
  10. Urban development and transformation on Amsterdam’s waterfront, 1590-1900 (2014)
  11. What Lies Beneath the Seaweed: Searching for Submerged Remains of an Attempted 1604-1605 French Settlement at St. Croix Island International Historic Site (2014)