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The Nautical Archaeology of Puerto Rico |
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| Authors: | Filipe Castro Richard Fontanez Gustavo Garcia Raymond Tubby Wayne R Lusardi |
| Institution: | Nautical Archaeology Program, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843–4352, USA; Instituto de Investigaciones Costaneras, Road 693, Haciendas El Molino, 3rd Street, C-16, Vega Alta, PR 00692, USA; 14C Merry Lane, Greenville, NC 27858, USA; State of Michigan, Department History, Arts and Libraries, 500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan 49707, USA |
| Abstract: | The waters of Puerto Rico harbour the remains of thousands of years of human occupation. The island played a key role in the first decades of European exploration of the New World, and its coasts and estuaries have preserved an extensive record of the island's maritime history, before and after the arrival of the Europeans. The objective of this project is to study Puerto Rico's seafaring history through the investigation of its submerged cultural heritage, with a particular focus on the history of European shipbuilding. In 2008 the authors started with survey on the north coast. © 2009 The Authors |
| Keywords: | Puerto Rico maritime heritage New World seafaring |