In Archaeology Under Water (1966: 19), pioneer nautical archaeologist George Bass pointed out how much easier it is to train someone who is already an archaeologist to become a diver than to take trained divers and teach them to do archaeology.
'...the method she used in her study and analysis of six shipwrecks on the Pulaski Reef site in the Dry Tortugas gives preservationists an excellent model for conducting minimum impact archaeology. ...excellent use of illustrations, using only line drawings and pertinent black-and-white photographs. Of interest to the scholar and researcher are the appendices tabulating steam versus sail losses, insurance losses, salvage records, and information on the number and types of wreckers working in the Dry Tortugas. The Persistence of Sail in the Age of Steam demonstrates well the movement within underwater archaeology towards minimal site excavation and in situ preservation.' Nautical Research Journal, 47:4 (2002)
Innehållsförteckning
1. The Dry Tortugas.- 2. The Pulaski Site.- 3. Archaeology of the Pulaski Site.- 4. Other Dry Tortugas Sites.- 5. Technological Change and Risk-Taking behavior.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- Appendix A: Wrecking Vessels Operating in the Dry Tortugas, 1829–1909.- Appendix B: Block 16 Loci Descriptions.- Appendix C: Artifact Inventory.- Appendix D: Stud-Link Chain Data.- Appendix E: Stud-Link Chain Analysis.- Appendix G.- Appendix H: Sail versus Steam Casualty Ratio Data.- Appendix I: Insurance Data for Vessels Reporting Disasters.- References.
