An archaeological approach to historic shipwrecks in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Author(s): Dolores Elkin; Chris Underwood; Mónica Grosso; Cristian Murray
Year: 2013
Summary
In 2010 the Museo del Fin del Mundo (Museum of the End of the World) of the city of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, initiated a project with the goal of surveying 125 miles along the Atlantic coast of the island in order to record archaeological evidence of any human presence since prehistoric times until the late 19th century AD, when the first non-native people (mostly missionaries) settled in the region.
This paper presents the first results of the archaeological study of historic shipwreck sites, a task which is being conducted by the underwater archaeology team (PROAS) of the Argentinean National Institute of Anthropology . Some methodological considerations, both on research and management issues, are included in this presentation.
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An archaeological approach to historic shipwrecks in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Dolores Elkin, Chris Underwood, Mónica Grosso, Cristian Murray. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428497)
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Keywords
General
Maritime Archaeology
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research methodology
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Shipwrecks
Geographic Keywords
Argentine Republic
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South America
Temporal Keywords
18th to 20th century
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 576