文档介绍：Shipwrecks and Maritime Archaeology
Author(s): David Gibbins and Jonathan Adams
Source: World Archaeology, Vol. 32, No. 3, Shipwrecks (Feb., 2001), pp. 279-291
Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
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Shipwrecks and maritime
archaeology
David Gibbins and Jonathan Adams
Abstract
Shipwrecksare the most numerousand distinctivetype of site studiedby maritimearchaeologists.
Theiruniform characteristics, regardless of date, place and type, mean that virtuallyall wreckscan
be investigatedusing similar methodologies and researchstrategies. The contributionsto this issue
of WorldArchaeology demonstrate both monfeatures and the wide varietyof archaeo-
logical and historicalcontexts in whichwreck data can be also reflectthe trulyglobal
na