Spanish Shippers Marks on Wax, Pottery and Silver Bars.

Author(s): Mitch W Marken

Year: 2017

Summary

This paper discusses the purpose and meaning of markings found impressed into pottery vessels, beeswax blocks, or carved into silver bars and possibly other trade goods shipped aboard Spanish galleons between 1500-and 1800. The paper will discuss examples recoverd from shipwrecks from the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific trade, archival evidence and modern correlations. 

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Spanish Shippers Marks on Wax, Pottery and Silver Bars.. Mitch W Marken. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435324)

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Keywords

General
spanish shipping marks

Geographic Keywords
North America • United States of America

Temporal Keywords
1500-1800

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): 687