Iron and Steamship Archaeology Success and Failure on the SS Xantho /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McCarthy, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Σειρά: The Plenum Series in Underwater Archaeology,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; History.; Mechanical engineering.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Mechanical Engineering.; History, general.

In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho, an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assig...