Our Blue Planet: An Introduction to Maritime and Underwater Archaeology 9780190649951, 9780190649937, 9780190649920
Our Blue Planet provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of maritime and underwater archaeology. Situating the
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English Pages xxxi, 454 Year 2020
Table of contents :
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Timeline of Major Events
A Note about Names
Introduction
Part I Studying the Watery World
Chapter 1 What We Can Learn from Maritime and Underwater Archaeology?
Chapter 2 What Is Maritime and Underwater Archaeology?
Chapter 3 How Do We Learn from Things?
Part II Archaeological Methods Underwater
Chapter 4 Archaeological Research in an Underwater Environment
Chapter 5 Documenting and Excavating Underwater Sites: Digging and Drawing without Drowning
Chapter 6 Putting It All Together: How to Get from Site to People
Part III Human Adaptations to Watery Worlds
Chapter 7 Interacting with the Environment
Chapter 8 Inhabiting the Coast
Chapter 9 Ships
Chapter 10 Life Afloat: Sailors and Seafaring
Chapter 11 Exploration, Colonization, Trade, and Extraction
Chapter 12 Warfare at Sea
Part IV Preserving Our Maritime Heritage
Chapter 13 Managing and Valuing Underwater Cultural Heritage
Chapter 14 The Future of Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Glossary
References
Index
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Timeline of Major Events
A Note about Names
Introduction
Part I Studying the Watery World
Chapter 1 What We Can Learn from Maritime and Underwater Archaeology?
Chapter 2 What Is Maritime and Underwater Archaeology?
Chapter 3 How Do We Learn from Things?
Part II Archaeological Methods Underwater
Chapter 4 Archaeological Research in an Underwater Environment
Chapter 5 Documenting and Excavating Underwater Sites: Digging and Drawing without Drowning
Chapter 6 Putting It All Together: How to Get from Site to People
Part III Human Adaptations to Watery Worlds
Chapter 7 Interacting with the Environment
Chapter 8 Inhabiting the Coast
Chapter 9 Ships
Chapter 10 Life Afloat: Sailors and Seafaring
Chapter 11 Exploration, Colonization, Trade, and Extraction
Chapter 12 Warfare at Sea
Part IV Preserving Our Maritime Heritage
Chapter 13 Managing and Valuing Underwater Cultural Heritage
Chapter 14 The Future of Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Glossary
References
Index
