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The Archaeology of Watercraft Abandonment. Nathan Richards and Sami Kay Seeb, editors. 2013. Springer, New York, xiii + 375 pp. $179.00 (cloth), ISBN: 978-1-4614-7341-1.

Do not expect romanticized themes (piracy, harrowing shipwreck drama, treasure, sea battles, etc.) much favored by maritime historians and many archaeologists. This book is about prosaic, everyday vessels discarded under less-than-fabled circumstances and the historic context of their abandonment. With some notable exceptions, most of these abandoned vessels are approached in ways that resemble artifact and site assemblages studied by prehistorians, except that the element of historical documentation is also present. This book thus represents a challenge to maritime archaeologists to legitimize and validate the use of archaeology in the presence of historical documentation.