Shipwreck archaeology and social relations : identifying British maritime strategies in the South Atlantic during the 18th century
Shipwreck archaeology and social relations : identifying British maritime strategies in the South Atlantic during the 18th century
Global processes such as capitalism, colonialism, and consumption are influenced by local forces and manifested in events at a local level. The study of local practices can thus provide new insights into broader social relations. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of British maritime activities and colonial strategies in the 18th century. The comparison is made between two coastal regions: the South Atlantic (Patagonia, Argentina), and Southeast Australia (focusing on New South Wales and Norfolk Island), with emphasis placed on the former. By analysing the characteristics of wrecks of two Royal Navy ships as case studies (HMS Swift in Patagonia, and HMS Sirius in Norfolk Island), the connections between local perspectives and global influences are examined.
By exploring social praxis, British strategies are integrated in both land and maritime spaces. A closer look into the associated experienced landscapes, using the concepts of mutuality, materiality and temporality, helps to understand how British social identities were constructed and projected at local and global levels.
Most importantly, this thesis goes beyond a descriptive analysis of wrecks by exploring them and their cargoes as embodiments of 18th century colonial strategies and social relations. This helps to build a social perspective of the ‘land-maritime’ worlds of that time. By linking social theory with the practice of pottery analysis, British strategies are examined locally through the construction and the expression of identities in colonial social contexts. These contexts are integrated globally linking land and sea by understanding the way that 18th century British strategies worked within physical and social landscapes.
University of Southampton
2004
Dellino, Virginia Emilce
(2004)
Shipwreck archaeology and social relations : identifying British maritime strategies in the South Atlantic during the 18th century.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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Global processes such as capitalism, colonialism, and consumption are influenced by local forces and manifested in events at a local level. The study of local practices can thus provide new insights into broader social relations. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of British maritime activities and colonial strategies in the 18th century. The comparison is made between two coastal regions: the South Atlantic (Patagonia, Argentina), and Southeast Australia (focusing on New South Wales and Norfolk Island), with emphasis placed on the former. By analysing the characteristics of wrecks of two Royal Navy ships as case studies (HMS Swift in Patagonia, and HMS Sirius in Norfolk Island), the connections between local perspectives and global influences are examined.
By exploring social praxis, British strategies are integrated in both land and maritime spaces. A closer look into the associated experienced landscapes, using the concepts of mutuality, materiality and temporality, helps to understand how British social identities were constructed and projected at local and global levels.
Most importantly, this thesis goes beyond a descriptive analysis of wrecks by exploring them and their cargoes as embodiments of 18th century colonial strategies and social relations. This helps to build a social perspective of the ‘land-maritime’ worlds of that time. By linking social theory with the practice of pottery analysis, British strategies are examined locally through the construction and the expression of identities in colonial social contexts. These contexts are integrated globally linking land and sea by understanding the way that 18th century British strategies worked within physical and social landscapes.
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