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Reburial of the Red Bay Wreck as a Form Of Preservation and Protection of the Historic Resource

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

John Stewart ,
Lorne D. Murdock  and
Peter Waddell
John Stewart
Affiliation:
Historic Resource Conservation Branch, Parks Canada, D 1550 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A OM5
Lorne D. Murdock
Affiliation:
Historic Resource Conservation Branch, Parks Canada, D 1550 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A OM5
Peter Waddell
Affiliation:
Archaeological Services Branch, Parks Canada, 1600 Liverpool Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A OM5
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Abstract

The Red Bay Wreck, a well preserved 16th century Basque galleon, was excavated during eight field seasons from 1978 to 1985. During the 1985 field season the wreck was reburied in Red Bay harbour. The goals of the reburial project were to protect the Red Bay wreck from physical, chemical and biological deterioration and to design a monitoring system to verify that the reburial mound is meeting its preservation objectives.

This paper discusses the factors that influenced the choice of reburial as the means of the wreck's preservation, the design of the reburial mound, the design of the monitoring scheme and the results of the ongoing monitoring of the site. Visual monitoring of the site, chemical analysis of the water, and examination of timbers buried in the mound all indicate that the wreck is being preserved.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 791
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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