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Claimed by the Sea - Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Conference and Annual General Meeting, 2017
Session 9A, 9B and 9C Archaeology of Ships Chairs: Ross Anderson (Assistant Curator, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum—Shipwreck Galleries) and Kurt Bennett (PhD candidate, Archaeology, Flinders University) Australasia’s maritime heritage includes shipwrecks and historic watercraft that have been built locally and internationally, including Europe, North America, India, Asia and Oceania. Ship construction employs a range of materials, cultural traditions, technologies, propulsion and designs. Indigenous and foreign construction techniques are shaped by their surrounding environment and may be influenced by external cultural factors. Archaeological research into these complex cultural and social objects increases our knowledge of past shipbuilding practices while reminding us of our Indigenous and global maritime connections. Over the past 50 years, maritime archaeology in Australasia has provided significant evidence and insights into both local and international ship construction techniques. This session invites descriptive and theoretical presentations that contribute to our understanding of ship construction, and offer future directions for ship archaeology in the Australasian context.
(BArch Hons) Giving a name to a place: Shipwrecks in Port MacDonnell, South Australia
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This article shows that it is possible to identify a vessel from disarticulated ship remains missing their original depositional context. By studying a dispersed collection of timbers, fasteners, and hull sheathing from a previously unidentified shipwreck on the Gold Coast, Australia, the authors were able to identify the remains as most likely from the colonial schooner Heroine. In this instance there were several possible identifications for the disarticulated ship remains, so historical research, detailed artifact recording, and timber and metal analyses were used to study the ship elements. The results showed a range of timbers preferred by New South Wales shipwrights and copper sheathing of a datable metal composition, generating new knowledge of the material selection and techniques used in Australian colonial shipbuilding in general. While disarticulated or context-free shipwreck remains are often only able to provide a generic cultural or type affiliation, this study shows that through detailed analysis it is possible to ascribe a ship’s name to the dispersed structural elements.
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