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Roger C. Smith
Submerged History
Underwater Archaeology in Florida

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This heavily illustrated book is written by top archaeologists who study Florida’s sunken heritage in unique underwater sites.Learn from them the secrets at the bottom of springs and rivers, discover drowned prehistoric waterfront neighborhoods, paddle into the past on ancient canoes, swim across wrecked Spanish galleons and slave ships, record the contents of a Civil War troop transport, and study waterlogged artifacts in the laboratory.Submerged History takes readers on professionally guided tours along the broad spectrum of Florida’s hidden, watery past to illustrate what these fascinating sites can reveal about the people who came before us.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781561649945 ● Editor Roger C. Smith ● Publisher Pineapple Press ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5575937 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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