Clotilda - The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship

Documents the maritime historical research and archaeological fieldwork used to identify the wreck of the notorious schooner Clotilda

About the author

James P. Delgado is the senior vice president of SEARCH Inc., the largest cultural resource management firm in the United States, and adjunct professor of archaeology at Simon Fraser University. Winner of multiple awards for his maritime archaeological missions, Delgado is also a prolific, award-winning author. His recent books include War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century and the coauthored The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor and The Maritime Landscape of the Isthmus of Panamá.

Deborah E. Marx is a maritime archaeologist specializing in the maritime cultural landscape of the California lumber industry and nineteenth-century ship construction.

Kyle Lent is a maritime archaeologist at SEARCH Inc. specializing in remote-sensing surveys, site assessments, diver investigation, and data recovery projects.

Joseph Grinnan is a maritime archaeologist at SEARCH Inc. overseeing and conducting submerged remote-sensing surveys, diver identification, data recovery projects, and diver safety.

Alexander DeCaro is a maritime archaeologist specializing in marine remote sensing and the archaeological interpretation of acoustic datasets.

Summary

Documents the maritime history and the 2018/2019 archaeological fieldwork and laboratory and historical research to identify the wreck of notorious schooner Clotilda in Mobile Bay.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander DeCaro, James P Delgado, James P. Delgado, Joseph Grinnan, Stacye Hathorn, D. Lisa D. Jones, Kyle Lent, Deborah E Marx, Deborah E. Marx
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2023
• EAN: 9780817321512
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2151-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 183 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 622 g
• Illustrations: 27 b&w figures, 11 colour figures
• Series: Maritime Currents: History and; Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous