Maritime Archaeology and Social Relations : British Action in the Southern Hemisphere

Global processes such as capitalism and colonialism are influenced by local forces and manifested in events at a local level. Maritime Archaeology and Social Relations challenges traditional maritime approaches providing a different perspective that emphasises the richness, diversity and complexity of British action.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- CHAPTER 1: Introduction.- 1.1 Overview .- 1.2 General Historical Context of the 18th Century.- 1.3 Research Context.- 1.3.1 Introduction to Some Concepts.- 1.3.2 The South Atlantic and Australia.- 1.3.3 Research Ideas.- 1.3.4 The Case Studies.- 1.3.5 A Brief Summary.- 1.4 Organisation of this book.- CHAPTER 2: Linking Historical and Maritime Archaeology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Historical Archaeology.- 2.3 Historical Archaeology or The Archaeology of the ''Modern'' World''?.- 2.4 Historical Archaeology and Archaeology of Contact.- 2.5 Maritime Archaeology.- 2.5.1 Two Main Approaches: ''Pompeii Premise'' versus ''The Archaeology of the Event''.- 2.6 The Combination of Historical Documents and Archaeological Evidence.- 2.7 Summary.- CHAPTER 3: Historical and Maritime Archaeology: The Argentinean and Australian Case Studies.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Historical and Maritime Archaeology.- 3.2.1 A Brief Review of the Argentinean Case Study.- 3.2.2 A Brief Review of the Australian Case Study.- 3.3 The Case Studies.- 3.3.1 The Swift Project.- 3.3.2 The Sirius Project.- 3.4 Summary.- CHAPTER 4: Meaning and Social Archaeology.- 4.1 Introduction .- 4.2 Space, Time and Social Beings.- 4.2.1 Space, Landscapes and Places.- 4.2.2 The Interpretation of Social Landscapes. - 4.2.3 Social Time .- 4.2.4 Social Beings.- 4.3 Material Relationships and the Meaning of Things.- 4.3.1 Activities, People and the Material World.- 4.4 Praxis: Constructing Identities through Materiality.- 4.5 Summary.- CHAPTER 5: Consuming Capitalism and Colonialism.- 5.1 Introduction .- 5.2 Capitalism as a Social Process.- 5.2.1 Defining Capitalism .- 5.2.2 Capitalistic Studies in Maritime Archaeology.- 5.2.3 The Capitalistic World: the Modern World? .- 5.3 Colonialism: Shaping Identities.- 5.3.1 Knowledge, Experience and Identities.- 5.4 Production and Consumption of Identities.- 5.5 Summary.- CHAPTER 6: Understanding Places on the South Atlantic and on the Southeast Coastof Australia.- 6.1 Introduction .- 6.2 Environment and Historical Context on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia.- 6.2.1 Europeans in the Malvinas?Falkland Islands.- 6.2.1.1 HMS Swift.- 6.2.2 Puerto Deseado.- 6.3 Environment and Historical Context.- 6.3.1 New South Wales.- 6.3.2 Norfolk Island and the Wreck of the Sirius .- 6.3.2.1 HMS Sirius.- 6.4 Summary.- CHAPTER 7: British Identities Through Pottery in Praxis.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Pottery Assemblage and Its General Characteristics.- 7.2.1 Decorative Patterns as Lifestyle Indicators.- 7.2.2 Pottery Imitation and Definition of Ourselves.- 7.3 Production, Consumption and Habitual Actions.- 7.3.1 Memories from the Homeland.- 7.3.2 Interpretation of British Habitual Action Through Storage Wares.- 7.4 Royal Navy Ships and Their Routines.- 7.5 Positioning and Power Structures.- 7.6 Summary.- CHAPTER 8: Interpretation of British Action Through Social Landscapes.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 socialised Physical Landscapes.- 8.2.1 Locating Settlements in the Landscape.- 8.2.2 Understanding British Action Through the Distribution of Resources.- 8.3 Networks and Interactions.- 8.3.1 Settlements, Circulation of Goods and People''s Position in the World.- 8.3.2 Experiencing Landscapes Through the Accumulation of Knowledge.- 8.3.3 Acknowledging Natives: Knowledge as a Powerful Tool.- 8.3.4 Competing Powers.- 8.4 Final Thoughts.- 8.5 Innovations of This Research.- References.- List of Metric Conversions.- List of Abbreviations