The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor: The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship Catharine / Edition 1

by Jason M. Burns

Overview

Historical archaeologists are in a unique position to analyze both historical documents and archaeological data in order to generate hypotheses and draw conclusions. In this work, the data not only provided the history of the ship "Catharine" but also the economic, social and political environments in which the ship was built and employed.

This work focuses not only on the shipwreck and the wrecking event, but on the history and archaeology of a single ship. With this expanded view, the research also delves into:

*International shipbuilding;

*The struggle for dominance in the ship trade in the 19^th century.

This book will be of interest to underwater, historical and cultural archaeologists, social historians, cultural heritage managers and archaeologists working in the southeastern United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306473890
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/2002
Series:	The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	113
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor.- 1.1 Canadian Shipbuilding.- 1.2 The Eliza.- 1.3 Liverpool and British Ownership.- 1.4 Tramp Shipping.- 1.5 Carnarvonshire’s Last Voyage..- 2. Norwegian Shipping.- 2.1 Norwegian Sailors.- 2.2 Norwegian Ships.- 2.3 Cross Trading.- 2.4 Catharine in Norway.- 2.5 Norwegian Timber Specialization.- 3. Pensacola and Norwegian Ships and Shipping.- 3.1 Norwegian Emigration and Pensacola.- 3.2 Pensacola’s “Little Norway”.- 3.3 The Norwegian Seaman’s Church.- 3.4 Catharine Attempts to Make the Pass.- 4. Archaeological Investigations of Catharine.- 4.1 Previous Archaeological Research and Modern Salvage.- 4.2 Site Geomorphology.- 4.3 Archaeological Methodology.- 4.4 Ship’s Architecture.- 4.5 Ship’s Rigging.- 4.6 Anchor Chain.- 4.7 Iron Bollards.- 4.8 Associated Debris Field.- 4.9 The Ballast Pile.- 5. Catharine’s Artifact Assemblage.- 5.1 Fasteners.- 5.2 Ship’s Hardware.- 5.3 Deck Lights/Deck Glasses.- 5.4 Hull Sheathing.- 5.5 Ship’s Rigging.- 5.6 The Ceramics and Glass Assemblage.- 5.7 Miscellaneous/Small Finds.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- Appendix A: Vessel Voyage Summary.- Appendix B: Catalog and Conservation of Artifacts.- Appendix C: Wood Species Identification.- References.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"Burns successfully uses a wide assortment of historical information along with the results of a recent archaeological survey to tell the story of the wreck of a nineteenth-century merchant vessel off Pensacola, Florida. … The bibliographic references are wide-ranging, with a good mixture of historical studies, period documents related to shipbuilding, and modern comparative archaeological studies. … In sum, Burns offers an interesting story that is well researched and well written." (Dennis Knepper, Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 17 (1), Spring 2006)

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