Article ID: CBB847499046

Examining Nineteenth-Century British Colonial-Built Ships HMS Buffalo and Edwin Fox: Two Case Studies from New Zealand (2023)

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Kurt Bennett (Author)


Historical Archaeology
Volume: 57
Issue: 1
Pages: 74-94


Publication Date: 2023
Edition Details: Contextualizing Maritime Archaeology in Australasia
Language: English

This article examines the archaeological timber remains from HMS Buffalo (built 1813), held in the Mercury Bay Museum, New Zealand, and the preserved hull of Edwin Fox (built 1853), sitting in dry dock in Picton, New Zealand. Both ships were constructed near Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Archaeological recording methodologies included detailed timber recording, dendrochronology, archaeometallurgy, organic resinous analyses, and wood-species and fiber identification. The results are then presented to highlight differences and similarities in resource choices and technological development pertaining to ship-construction elements. This contributes to understanding how shipwrights were adapting to new environments while maintaining their learned knowledge in a 19th-century colonial context.

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Article Mick de Ruyter; Wendy van Duivenvoorde (March 2023) Introduction: Contextualizing Maritime Archaeology in Australasia. Historical Archaeology (pp. 11-13). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wendy van Duivenvoorde
John McCarthy
Beattie, James
Coleborne, Catharine
McCarthy, Angela
O'Gorman, Emily
Journals
Historical Archaeology
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Arms and Armour Society Journal
Australian Historical Studies
Health and History
Journal of Victorian Culture
Publishers
Classiques Garnier
Otago University Press
Routledge
University Press of Florida
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Whittles
Concepts
Archaeology, Underwater
Ships and shipbuilding
Shipwrecks
Historical archaeology
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
People
Butler, Samuel
Captain Kidd
Thomas Potts
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
New Zealand
Australia
Europe
Great Britain
India
Ottoman Empire
Institutions
Dutch East India Company
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