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Secrets of the Deep: The Archaeology of the
Wickedest City in the WorldJulie Thomas2011 Underwater Archaeology Field School, Session 9Ecomuseu, Cap de Cavalleria, Santa Teresa, Menorca
Port Royal, Jamaica
Images from http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/jm.htm
Port Royal• Largest English trading
port in the New World.
• Size: 51 Acres (21 Hectares), 2000 buildings, 6500 – 8000 residents.
• Known for its affluence, taverns, goldsmiths, artisans and merchants.
• Center for Caribbean privateers/pirates of the 17th Century.
• Described as the Sodom of the New World.
Images from http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archhist.htm
1692 Earthquake• June 7th, 1692
• Two thirds (33 acres) sank vertically into the ocean.
• 2000 people killed instantly.
• Ships within the harbor washed in with tidal wave.
• Only sunken city in the New World.
• Catastrophic site.
Images from http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archhist.htm
The Excavations• 1959: Edward Link, National
Geographic Society and the Smithsonian.
• 1965: Robert Marx and the Institute of Jamaican Culture.
• 1981-1990: Donny Hamilton, Texas A&M University, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, and Institute of Nautical Archaeology.
• Completely excavated five buildings.
• Ships, structures and thousands of artifacts found in situ.
Images from http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archhist.htm
Recovered Artifacts
Images from http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archhist.htm and http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/slipware/index.html
Conclusions:
• Underwater sites provide excellent preservation and context.
• Proper excavation, recording, and conservation techniques essential.
• Exhibition style and publishing necessary.
Bibliography• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/slipware/slip-history.html
accessed 11 Nov 2011.
• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/slipware/index.html accessed 9 Nov 2011.
• http://www.cindyvallar.com/havens4.html accessed 11 Nov 2011.
• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/ accessed 9 Nov 2011.
• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archhist.htm accessed 8 Nov 2011.
• http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/CHAMBER/Index.htm accessed 8 Nov 2011.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Royal#cite_note-HCinternational-2008-09-08-3 accessed 8 Nov 2011.
• http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/jm.htm, accessed 12 Nov 2011.