My Big Fat Aquatic Reading List

Hi Everyone! I'm back from the watery depths of Alpena, MI and am excited to see everyone on Thursday. Per Professor McKay's request, below is my reading list. It's basically every book in the UM library system on underwater archaeology.

 I hope to get through as many of them as I can by the end of the summer. So far, some have proved more helpful than others and once I narrow down my focus, maybe the list will shrink a bit in some areas and expand in others.

 I doubt this list will be of much help to anyone else, but I guess it's cool to see how many books the library system can have on such a seemingly obscure topic. It's actually quite impressive.

 Also, I apologize if this is not the proper place for this post — I've been out of the HSF loop for a bit, as the Internet situation in Alpena was annoyingly temperamental.

Without further ado:

 Archer, Steven N. and Kevin M. Bartoy, ed. Between Dirt and Discussion: Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology.

 Babits, Lawrence E. and Hans Van Tilburg, ed. Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions.

 Ballard, Robert D., ed. Archaeological Oceanography.

 Bass, George F., ed. A history of Seafaring Based on Underwater Archaeology.

 Bass, George F., ed. Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology.

 Benjamin, Jonathan, ed. Submerged Prehistory.

 Bowens, Amanda, ed. Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice.

Catsambis, Alexis, Ben Ford and Donny L. Hamilton, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology.

 Cleator, P.E. Underwater Archaeology.

 Delgado, James P., ed. Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology.

 Finamore, Daniel, ed. Maritime History as World History.

 Firth, Antony. Managing Underwater Archaeology: A Theoretical, Historical and Comparative Perspective on Society and its Submerged Past.

 Floyd, Ronald J., trans. Diving into the Past: Archaeology Under Water.

 Gould, Richard A. Archaeology and the Social History of Ships.

 Gould, Richard A. Shipwreck Anthropology.

 Halsey, John R. Beneath the Inland Seas: Michigan’s Underwater Archaeological Heritage.

 Halsey, John R., ed. Retrieving Michigan’s Buried Past: The Archaeology of the Great Lakes State. 

Hamilton, Donny L. Basic Methods of Conserving Underwater Archaeological Material Culture. 

Hocker, Frederick M. and Cheryl A. Ward, ed. The Philosophy of Shipbuilding: Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Wooden Ships.

 Holecek, Donald F. and Charles A. Hulse. Michigan’s Coastal Waters: A Pilot Study in Underwater Cultural Resources.

 Johnstone, Paul. The Archaeology of Ships.

 Langley, Susan B.M. and Richard W. Unger, ed. Nautical Archaeology: Progress and Public Responsibility.

 Marsden, Peter. Book of Ships and Shipwrecks. 

Marx, Robert F. Shipwrecks in the Americas.

 McCarthy, Michael. Ships’ Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship.

 Muckelroy, Keith. Maritime Archaeology.

 O’Shea, John M. Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron. 

Richards, Nathan. Ships’ Graveyards: Abandoned Watercraft and the Archaeological Site Formation Process. 

Rick, Torben C. and Jon M. Erlandson. Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective.

 Ruppe, Carol V. and Janet F. Barstad, ed. International handbook of underwater archaeology.

 Søreide, Fredrik. Ships from the Depths: Deepwater Archaeology.

 Spirek, James D. and Della A. Scott-Ireton, ed. Submerged Cultural Resource Management: Preserving and Interpreting our Maritime Heritage.

 Steffy, J. Richard. Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks.

 Swarmy, L.N., ed. Ethno-marine Archaeology.

 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan, May 1999.