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This chapter examines the archaeological evidence and landscape features associated with rescue, exploitation and commemoration of shipping mishaps. This includes an examination of the evidence for the operation of the lifeboat service, the treatment of shipwreck survivors and fatalities, as well as the archaeological legacy of wreck salvage, looting and beachcombing. Ship stranding and removal is also considered as an archaeological phenomenon.
Yes, the people here used to pinch a bit of stuff off of shipwrecks. My old man told me about the when the Sierra Nevada wrecked … there were dead pigs and bodies everywhere, and barrels of whisky washing ashore. Some soldiers found one of the barrels, and they collapsed sand over the top to hide it.
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Duncan, B., Gibbs, M. (2015). Landscapes of Crisis and Long-Term Response. In: Please God Send Me a Wreck. When the Land Meets the Sea, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2642-8_7
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