Overview
- Highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding, wood provenance and timber trade
- Provides a historical-archaeological analysis of Iberian shipwreck sites
- Applies Geographic Information Systems and Databases (GIS) to the study of shipwrecks
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization (15th to 18th), in confluence with an unprecedented extension of ocean navigation and seafaring and a greater demand for natural resources (especially timber), mostly oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp.). The chapters are framed in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary line of research that integrates history, Geographic Information Sciences, underwater archaeology, dendrochronology and wood provenance techniques. This line of research was developed during the ForSEAdiscovery project, which had a great impact in the academic and scientific world and brought together experts from Europe and America. The volumes deliver a state-of-the-art review of the latest lines of research related to Iberian maritime history and archaeology and their developing interdisciplinary interaction with dendroarchaeology. This synthesis combines ananalysis of historical sources, the systematic study of wreck-remains and material culture related to Iberian seafaring from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and the application of earth sciences, including dendrochronology. The set can be used as a manual or work guide for experts and students, and will also be an interesting read for non-experts interested in the subject.
Volume 1 focuses on the history and archaeology of seafaring and shipbuilding in the Iberian early modern world, complemented by case studies on timber trade and supply for shipbuilding, analysis of shipbuilding treatises, and the application of Geographic Information Systems and Databases (GIS) to the study of shipwrecks.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Filipe Castro is a researcher at História, Territórios e Comunidades, Center for Functional Ecology, Lisboa, Portugal.
Prof. Nigel Nayling holds the Chair in Archaeology at the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heritage and the Sea
Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Maritime History and Archaeology of the Global Iberian World (15th-18th centuries)
Editors: Ana Crespo Solana, Filipe Castro, Nigel Nayling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86460-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86459-0Published: 28 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86462-0Published: 29 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86460-6Published: 01 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 373
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geography, general, Archaeology, Computer Applications, Cultural Heritage, Anthropology