Table of Contents

1: The Foundations of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2: The Submerged Cultural Heritage in Mexico; 3: Nuestra Señora del Juncal: Her Story and Her Shipwreck; 4: Nautical Charts and Measurement Systems of the 17 th Century; 5: Riddles in the Dark: Human Behaviors in the Interpretation of a 16 th -Century Wreck; 6: An 18 th -Century British Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico; 7: Evidence of Early Inhabitants in Submerged Caves in Yucatan, Mexico; 8: Mayan Mortuary Deposits in the Cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico; 9: Maritime Archaeology in Argentina at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología; 10: The Role of Benthic Communities and Environmental Agents in the Formation of Underwater Archaeological Sites; 11: Navigation in the Río de la Plata; 12: Bermuda's Shipwreck Heritage; 13: The Sinking of the Slave Ship Trouvadore: Linking the Past to the Present; 14: The Cayman Islands' Experience: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; 15: The Jamaican Version: Public Archaeology and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage; 16: Port Royal, Jamaica: Archaeological Past, Present, and Future; 17: Preservation of Waterlogged Archaeological Glass Using Polymers; 18: Development of Maritime Archaeological Tourism Using the Wreck of the English SS Mediator in Curaçao; 19: The Historical Anchorage of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

About the Author

Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton serves with the Cayman Islands National Museum. Initiatives include research exhibitions, a shipwreck register, a maritime heritage trail, shipwreck preserves, and advocating legislation. She has worked in the Caribbean, Mexico, United States, Spain and Turkey. Chair of the SHA UNESCO Committee, and a research associate with Institute of Nautical Archaeology, she also serves on the ICOMOS-ICUCH and ACUA. Pilar Luna Erreguerena is head of the underwater archaeology area of the National Institute of Anthropology and History and is the pioneer of Mexican underwater archaeology. She has directed several projects in marine and continental waters. She is a member of the SHA UNESCO Committee, ICOMOS-ICUCH, ICOMOS Mexico and ACUA.

Reviews

"...The editors are to be applauded for organizing the session and producing this volume. The principal value of publishing conference proceedings is to preserve a permanent account of the research presented and to provide access to an audience that was not in attendance. As a record of the maturation of an emerging subfield of archaeology, this volume represents an important step forward in the practice of underwater archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean."... --Erika Laanela, New West Indian Guide "...This book is the result of a long struggle for the protection and study of the cultural heritage in Latin American and Caribbean countries this book is a fresh look at the state of underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean and an invaluable contribution for the editors' express goal: bringing the countries, governments, professionals, and publics together."... --Filipe Castro, Journal of Anthropological Research "Being the first English language volume dedicated to the practice of maritime' archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean this book should be required reading on university courses around the world. Readership should come not only from those focused on regional or specialist studies, but more widely from anyone, student or professional alike, involved in cultural heritage management, archaeological ethics and law, and public involvement in and the politics of archaeology--pretty much everyone."--Joe Flatman, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites