Reconstructing La Belle's Casks
Author(s): Karen E. Martindale
Year: 2015
Summary
In 1686, the French ship of exploration La Belle sank in Matagorda Bay off the coast of what is now Texas. The ship was excavated in 1996-97 by the Texas Historical Commission, and the ship and its cargo are currently being conserved and prepared for display by Texas A&M Unversity's Conservation Research Laboratory. Amongst the cargo were wood casks containing various trade goods and supplies. This poster presents the methodology developed by the CRL staff to create a simple, stable, and reversible support structure for the various sized casks found on La Belle.
Cite this Record
Reconstructing La Belle's Casks. Karen E. Martindale. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434120)
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Keywords
General
Conservation
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Reconstruction
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Shipwreck
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Historical/17th century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 102