Second campaign of excavation on the Saintes Bays Wreck, Guadeloupe, FWI

Summary

In 2015 a first campaign led to the identification of the Saintes Bay’s wreck as the Anemone, a French schooner built in 1823 in Bayonne and used as a custom ship in Guadeloupe. It was lost in Saintes Bay in September 1824 during a hurricane. The second campaign focused on gaining a better understanding of the site. Test trenches were opened that looked to exposing the wreck structure to enable a more precise recording of the timbers and gain a better interpretation of shipbuilding techniques of schooners, built following a specific type plan of 1823. The work also sought to study material cultural remains on the wreck and look to understanding such material on a ship in use as a custom ship in French West Indies for that period. Both archival and archaeological records permitted us to document the ship’s history, crew, every days life onboard.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions) 2017   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 441