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Iron and Steamship Archaeology

Success and Failure on the SS Xantho

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Authors:
  1. Michael McCarthy

    1. Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia

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Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology (SSUA)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-6

  3. Xantho and Broadhurst in context

    Pages 7-47

  4. Xantho—The transformations

    Pages 49-65

  5. The wreck examined

    Pages 67-88

  6. Site formation processes

    Pages 89-109

  7. The investigation continues in the archives

    Pages 111-127

  8. Excavations at the site

    Pages 129-150

  9. Excavation in the laboratory

    Pages 151-183

  10. Conclusion

    Pages 185-200

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-234
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About this book

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 assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks.

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`McCarthy has done an outstanding job detailing an excavation form first notification to the last conservation stages. This might serve well as a text in maritime archaeology theory, maritime history, or conversation courses. All collections.'
Choice, 38:11 (2001)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia

    Michael McCarthy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Iron and Steamship Archaeology

  • Book Subtitle: Success and Failure on the SS Xantho

  • Authors: Michael McCarthy

  • Series Title: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b109955

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46365-5Published: 31 January 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7321-7Published: 14 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47190-2Published: 08 December 2005

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7018

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7026

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 234

  • Topics: Archaeology, Mechanical Engineering, Anthropology, History, general

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