The 2012 Field Season of the 1630-31 New Spain Fleet Archaeological Project in the Gulf of Mexico

Summary

The 2012 Field season of the 1630-31 New Spain Fleet Project of the Subdirección de Arqueología Subacuática INAH, has been a success and represents a leap in many regards from previous seasons. The project started in the year 1995 and has had many people involved throughout the years implementing diverse search methods and surveys. In the case of the 2012 field season, success came from a thoroughly thought methodological process to present a search area in the Gulf of Mexico where the Admiral ship of the 1630-1631 New Spain Fleet, the Nuestra Señora del Juncal galleon sank. In this paper we will show the approaches previously used in the location of the Nuestra Señora del Juncal shipwreck, our current approach, as well as the way the search was planned and how this has evolved into a much more complex process.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• To "Hazard a Turbulent Sea:" Marine Archaeology in the Gulf of Mexico--Examining 500 Years of Exploration and Exploitation   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016

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