Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This symposium brings together papers on topics of maritime history, including the shipbuilding traditions of postcontact Hawaii, Pacific Northwest Native maritime technology, and prehistoric shipwrecks and exploration of the Northwest Coast.
Other Keywords
Historic •
Underwater Archaeology •
Ethnohistory/History •
Coastal and Island Archaeology •
Political economy •
Historical Archaeology •
History Of Archaeology •
Survey •
Maritime Archaeology •
Shipwreck
Geographic Keywords
North America: Pacific Northwest Coast and Plateau •
United Mexican States (Country) •
Republic of El Salvador (Country) •
Cayman Islands (Country) •
Belize (Country) •
Republic of Guatemala (Country) •
Republic of Honduras (Country) •
Republic of Cuba (Country) •
Jamaica (Country) •
Republic of Nicaragua (Country)
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Analysis of Recovered Hull Elements from the Manila Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos of 1693 (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. During the summer of 2022 wood beams were recovered from the wreck of the Manilla galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, which wrecked on the north Oregon coast in 1693. This paper presents analysis of those beams and other artifacts from the wreck, including species identification and radiocarbon dating.
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Discovery and Survey of Seventeenth-Century Shipwreck Timbers Near Manzanita, Oregon (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In August of 2020, timbers believed to be part of the Spanish Manila galleon shipwreck of the Santa Christo de Burgos were found in a sea cave on the coast of Oregon. The site is exposed only very briefly during extreme negative tides. Access to the sea cave is further complicated by an exposed hike along an eroding cliff face. Due to the...
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Large Things Forgotten: The Hawaiian Monarchy’s Sailing Fleet, 1790–1840 (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Beginning in 1790, Hawaiian ali’i (royalty) appropriated Western sailing technology to facilitate fundamental transformations of interisland tributary systems, alliance building, exchange systems, and emergent forms of Indigenous capitalism. By 1840 ali’i had either built or purchased over 60 sailing vessels that we know the names of....
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Looking for the Golden Hind's Landfall (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 1579 Francis Drake and his crew likely careened the Golden Hind in a “fair and good bay” somewhere on the Northwest Coast, rather than the often-cited California shore. This paper will explore and discuss some of the ethnographic evidence, the strong manuscript evidence, and a few artifacts found in the region that may have been from...
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Terrestrial Survey for the Beeswax Wreck of the Oregon Coast (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The recent discovery and subsequent recovery of ship timbers believed to belong to the Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos present new opportunities for archaeological survey on the Oregon coastline. The Maritime Archaeological Society, along with Oregon State Parks, has plans to conduct survey and phase one testing in areas surrounding...
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The Underwater Search for the Remains of the Spanish Manila Galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Pacific Maritime History: Ships and Shipwrecks" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper covers the underwater remote sensing and diver search for the remains of the Spanish Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, also known as the Beeswax Wreck, off the Oregon coast. The all-volunteer Maritime Archaeological Society has conducted a multiyear remote sensing survey and diving expeditions to search the area near the...