Iron and Steamship Archaeology: Success and Failure on the SS Xantho

by Mike McCarthy and Michael McCarthy

In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho , an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306463652
• ISBN13: 9780306463655
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"