Expedition Costa Rica: Cahuita’s Brick and Cannon Shipwreck Sites
Author(s): Hannah Piner; Lauren M Christian; Mitchell Freitas; Allyson G. Ropp; Sydney Swierenga
Year: 2016
Summary
East Carolina University’s Program in Maritime Studies studied two shipwreck sites in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. These sites presented unique challenges to the group because of their location, distribution, similarities, unique formation processes, and role as part of a dynamic and protected ecosystem. One site has a brick pile and few scattered artifacts, including cannon, concretions, a grinding stone, and two bottles. The other has 13 pieces of concreted cannon, two anchors, and a few scattered brick. The methodologies varied from site to site because of the distribution patterns and the environmental conditions. This preliminary study resulted in site plans; a marine survey; and ideas of site formation, including: burning, scuttling, and a disaster response trail. This can linked to historical accounts and local anecdotes of historic and modern salvage, slave ships, and pirates.
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Expedition Costa Rica: Cahuita’s Brick and Cannon Shipwreck Sites. Hannah Piner, Lauren M Christian, Mitchell Freitas, Allyson G. Ropp, Sydney Swierenga. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434877)
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Keywords
General
Brick Site
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Cannon Site
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Costa Rica
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
18th 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): 834