The first comprehensive, scholarly look at the artifactual evidence of real pirates, recovered at both shipwrecks and known pirate bases. Archaeology Magazine"The reader unused to digesting professional publications will, pardon the pun, sail through this book as if it were a collection of novellas Not only will he/she learn about the realities of trade in the Caribbean and politics in the time of pirates, but will be treated to the most interesting bits of ephemera such as an inventory of the legendary Captain Morgan's estate.This is the definitive book on Pirates and the research...
The first comprehensive, scholarly look at the artifactual evidence of real pirates, recovered at both shipwrecks and known pirate bases. Archaeolo...
Russell K. Skowronek M. James Blackman Ronald L. Bishop
One of the most authoritative and comprehensive analyses written to date on lifestyle, technology, identity, and economic interaction in a Spanish colony. Wesley D. Stoner, Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri Research Reactor A benchmark publication. Extensively investigating mission- and presidio-associated ceramics, this book unearths the history of California as a remote area of New Spain that became integrated into a larger world system. Patricia Fournier, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico In the eighteenth and early nineteenth...
One of the most authoritative and comprehensive analyses written to date on lifestyle, technology, identity, and economic interaction in a Spanish...
"For the first time we have a volume that shows us the story of archaeology at some of our most significant and cherished institutions, America's colleges and universities."--Richard C. Waldbauer, National Park Service
"The chapters in this volume demonstrate the integration of teaching, learning, research, and service in the efforts to preserve and interpret heritage for the benefit of all those who identify with the academy."--Michael S. Nassaney, Western Michigan University
As a discipline, archaeology often provides amazing insights into the past. But it can also...
"For the first time we have a volume that shows us the story of archaeology at some of our most significant and cherished institutions, America's c...
Anyone interested in historical archaeology, seafaring, and of course, piracy on the high seas as well as on land will enjoy this book. Donny L. Hamilton, director, Conservation Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University Shows that the piracy of yesteryear had the same economic impact and reasons for being as piracy does today. Pirates, along with their dreams and the dreams of those affected by pirate actions, are brought to light through a series of marvelously written, impeccably researched chapters. Steve J. Dasovich, Lindenwood University
There is little to distinguish the...
Anyone interested in historical archaeology, seafaring, and of course, piracy on the high seas as well as on land will enjoy this book. Donny L. Hamil...
"For the first time we have a volume that shows us the story of archaeology at some of our most significant and cherished institutions, America's colleges and universities."--Richard C. Waldbauer, National Park Service
"The chapters in this volume demonstrate the integration of teaching, learning, research, and service in the efforts to preserve and interpret heritage for the benefit of all those who identify with the academy."--Michael S. Nassaney, Western Michigan University
As a discipline, archaeology often provides amazing insights into the past. But it can also...
"For the first time we have a volume that shows us the story of archaeology at some of our most significant and cherished institutions, America's c...
