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Modeling Maritime Culture: Galveston, Texas, in the Historic Period

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The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes

Part of the book series: When the Land Meets the Sea ((ACUA,volume 2))

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“Maritime cultural landscape” (MCL) can be applied as both a research framework and a theoretical inquiry into cultural interactions with the sea. The utility of MCL approaches in historic period archaeological modeling is examined using Galveston Island, Texas, as a case study. Modeling can be used to facilitate site identification (predictive modeling), but can also enable archaeologists to connect seemingly discrete features, such as shipwrecks, with broader cultural processes.

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Keith, M.E., Evans, A.M. (2011). Modeling Maritime Culture: Galveston, Texas, in the Historic Period. In: Ford, B. (eds) The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes. When the Land Meets the Sea, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8210-0_10

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