The recovery and analysis of paleoethnobotanical remains from an eighteenth century shipwreck /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weinstein, Eri Nattan
Other Authors:	Garrison, Ervan G. (degree committee member.), Hamilton, Donny L. (degree committee member.), Steele, D. Gentry (degree committee member.), Sweet, Merrill H. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1992.
Subjects:	Shipwrecks > Virginia > Yorktown Region. Underwater archaeology > Virginia > Yorktown Region. Paleoethnobotany. Major anthropology. Virginia > Yorktown Region. Academic theses
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy

Description
Abstract:	Paleoethnobotanical and palynological data were recovered from the submerged remains of the Betsy (44YO88), an eighteenth century collier brig scuttled in the York River at Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolution (October 1781). The objectives of this study were to develop and test strategies for the retrieval and analysis of paleoethnobotanical and palynological materials from a submerged historic shipwreck, evaluate the potential range and distribution of archaeological floral data preserved within the remains of the hull and associated wooden and glass containers, and, propose inferences pertaining to the role of the Betsy within the context of the Battle of Yorktown, based on an analysis of the palynological and paleoethnobotanical records recovered from the wreck site.
Item Description:	Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Anthropology."
Physical Description:	xii, 188 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.