Underwater Archaeology in Cuba: a Critical Review
Author(s): John de Bry
Year: 2017
Summary
This paper endeavors to take a critical look at underwater archaeology research in Cuban coastal areas, mostly after 1959. Stress is made on the early research and the organizations which participated and the foreign companies which made an effort in underwater archaeological excavation on the Cuban shelf. However, this paper underlines the controversial role played by Carisub, a company in charge of underwater archaeological research until 2004, and its role in granting permits for commercial exploitation of historic shipwrecks. Archaeological research in Cuba and a synthesis of some of the major shipwrecks as well as new goals and direction since 2004 are covered in this paper.
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Underwater Archaeology in Cuba: a Critical Review. John de Bry. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435419)
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Keywords
General
Carisub
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Cuba
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Shipwrecks
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1959 to Present
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): 345