The Ethics of Collaboration: Archaeologists and the Whydah project

Elia, Ricardo J.

doi:10.1007/bf03374519

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“…Published slave shipwreck archaeological investigations or searches include Meermin (1766), Henrietta Marie (1700), Fredensborg (1768), Adelaide (1714), Guerrero (1827), and most recently, São José‐Paquete de Africa (1794) (Svalesen, , ; Moore and Malcolm, ; Webster, , ; Handler, ; Swanson, ). Vessels, such as Whydah (1717), La Concorde (1717), and James Matthews (1841) were not working slavers at time of wrecking and have a more limited capacity to yield much about their an earlier roles as human cargo carriers (Barker and Henderson, ; Elia, ; Moore, ). Some 18th‐century sites, with identities yet to be confirmed, have yielded substantive slave‐trade artefact assemblages.…”

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Preliminary Investigations of Two Shipwreck Sites in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Harris

Richards

2018

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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Recent underwater archaeological investigations in Costa Rica focused on two sites as potential candidates for Danish West Indies slave ships wrecked in 1710. Historical research suggests a landmark wrecking event associated with a large infusion of Africans, many who remained in Central America. This paper is the first interim report of two fieldwork seasons combining field methods, research, and preliminary interpretation of the findings with voyage history. Context within the broader theme of slaveship archaeology and Costa Rica Caribbean landscape is addressed. An integral part of the initiative is community memory, stewardship, and education.

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Preliminary Investigations of Two Shipwreck Sites in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Harris

Richards

2018

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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“…The wreck was discovered by salvor Barry Clifford in 1982 (Clifford andPerry 1999;Elia 1992;Hamilton 2006). In Elia's words (1992, p. 108) "Commercial salvage projects … violate one of the major principles that have gained acceptance in the past 20 years of CRM archaeology-namely, the conservation ethic, which treats archaeological sites as non-renewable resources that should be preserved wherever possible and only excavated if they are threatened.…”

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“…The wreck was located in 1982 by professional salvor Barry Clifford, who continues to work the site today (his Expedition Whydah website can be found at http://www.whydah.com/). A number of professional maritime archaeologists have participated in this commercial salvage project over the years, to the consternation of some of their CRM colleagues (Elia 1992;Ewen 2006, pp. 6-7).…”

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Slave Ships and Maritime Archaeology: An Overview

Webster

2008

Int J Histor Archaeol

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This contribution collates information about wrecked slaving vessels discovered or sought by maritime archaeologists since 1972. To date, only a handful of firmly identified, active slave ships have been subject to excavation, but additional work has been carried out on wrecks of former slaver ships and possible slavers. The impending 200th anniversaries of the abolition of the British and US slave trades (2007 and 2008, respectively) appear to have stimulated a new wave of interest in slaver wrecks, and these new initiatives are also discussed.

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“…When it comes to marine cultural heritage, maritime archaeology was long seen, at least by its practitioners, as inherently an ethical practice, saving valuable heritage from treasure hunters who cared only about its immediate commercial value. For decades, the singular ethical question was whether archaeologists should collaborate with treasure hunters, and only secondarily more complex questions of how archaeology should be done, by whom, and who controls the stories that result (see, for example, Abbass ; Conlin and Lubkemann ; Elia ). Yet some marine archaeologists are eager to take up the mantle of making meaning through new heritage sites.…”

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Marine cultural heritage: frontier or centre?

Lehman¹

2018

Int Social Sci J

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Marine cultural heritage is an area of emerging international interest among different sectors of society. Drawing together a diverse set of literatures on marine cultural heritage, maritime archaeology, the development of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, and ocean politics more broadly, this paper examines the ways in which marine cultural heritage might be understood as a frontier in terms not only of spatial territory, but also for knowledge, governance, and politics. As such, marine cultural heritage may bring the disciplinary practices of maritime archaeology into contact with more radical marine politics of postcolonial, subaltern, and Black scholarship. This analysis thus suggests stakes of marine cultural heritage for different communities, reaching far beyond the sites and objects themselves, and shows why marine cultural heritage is emerging as an urgent and dynamic concern at the present moment. Yet ultimately, whether or not marine cultural heritage is truly a frontier is a question that has different meanings depending on the perspective from which it is asked. These differing perspectives illuminate the changing meaning of ocean space as well as struggles over material and immaterial marine resources, and suggest that the frontier is itself a contested concept.

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The Ethics of Collaboration: Archaeologists and the Whydah project

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Preliminary Investigations of Two Shipwreck Sites in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Preliminary Investigations of Two Shipwreck Sites in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Slave Ships and Maritime Archaeology: An Overview

Marine cultural heritage: frontier or centre?

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