The Sail of the Swedish Merchantman Jeanne-Élisabeth, Wrecked off Montpellier, France, in 1755

Since the 1940s, when maritime archaeology was established, the systematic excavation of submerged wrecks began to be refined. Systematic excavations led to the recovery of a vast array of organic and inorganic artefacts, including human and non-human bones and teeth. In order to preserve the materials recovered from the sea, the discipline of maritime conservation rapidly expanded and dealt with unique issues, including, but not limited to, marine salts’ encrustation of archaeological artefacts. Bone and teeth are organic artefacts which provide crucial information about natural and social environments of the past. When recovered from marine settings, they are often friable and require conservation processes and consolidation treatments, e.g., to prevent shrinkage during drying. However, conservation processes and consolidants can interfere with pathological, traumatic and taphonomical evidence associated with bone and teeth, and can bias sample preparation and analysis through mechanical action and chemical composition. The aim of this paper, in which a few examples of interference are listed, is to highlight the need of accurately documenting any type of conservation process and/or consolidation treatment that has been performed on bone and teeth stored in archaeological collections. This becomes essential when samples are selected for study, especially if this includes destructive analysis, and will assist in clarifying any conflicting results, leading to reliable interpretations.

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L’épave de la Jeanne-Élisabeth, 1755 (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Hérault). 2008-2016, bilan de huit campagnes de fouilles

Jaouen

Rieth²,

Berthaut-Clarac

et al. 2017

archaeonautica

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La Jeanne-Élisabeth est un navire de commerce suédois perdu lors d'une tempête le 14 novembre 1755 sur les côtes du Languedoc-Roussillon (Méditerranée française) à quelques encablures de la plage. À son bord, le navire compte dix marins suédois et onze passagers de différentes nationalités dont deux Français dont les corps seront retrouvés le lendemain sur le rivage. Ce brick de 200 tonneaux et 25 m de long, probablement gréé en senau, transporte entre Cadix et Marseille 24 360 piastres d'argent espagnoles frappées au Mexique et au Pérou. Une cargaison secondaire se compose de marchandises à forte valeur ajoutée comme des produits tinctoriaux. Le pillage de ce site en 2007 conduit à une enquête douanière et l'année suivante à son expertise archéologique par le Drassm. Le caractère exceptionnel des vestiges et des mobiliers conservés font de la Jeanne-Élisabeth un site de référence en matière d'architecture navale et de culture matérielle du xviii e siècle.

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The Sail of the Swedish Merchantman Jeanne-Élisabeth, Wrecked off Montpellier, France, in 1755

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L’épave de la Jeanne-Élisabeth, 1755 (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Hérault). 2008-2016, bilan de huit campagnes de fouilles

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