Since 1488, when Bartholemeu Dias first rounded the Cape, countless ships have been wrecked off the South African coast. Many of these ships are today of immense historical, archaeological and cultural value. Accordingly, they require protection from the threat of indiscriminate salvors. In this thesis, I shall examine to what extent current South African legislation protects and preserves historical shipwrecks which lie within twenty-four nautical miles of the South African coast. In so doing, I shall analyse the provisions of the National Monuments Act ' and draft legislation compiled in 1988 dealing with historic wrecks and artifacts '. I shall then examine to what extent the draft legislation remedies shortcomings in the National Monuments Act. However, in examining the law relating to historical shipwrecks, a familiarity with the history behind these shipwrecks is both interesting and necessary. Only then does it become evident that South Africa is steeped in shipwreck history, and that the South African coastline is a veritable treasure house.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003. / Bibliography: leaves 207-223. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M. A.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Cheryl A. Ward, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Anthropology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 161 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 2007. / Also available online. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Lisa Kallet. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI company.

This paper records and analyses the common ware pottery finds from Spanish shipwrecks dated from the 16th to the 18th centuries. A chronological presentation of olive jar-type botijas (olive jars), Columbia Plain, and other coarse earthenware types from accurately dated shipwreck assemblages has provided the basis for reliable typologies, and helped to refine previous studies. The shipwreck collections utilised consist of 17 accurately dated wrecks. First hand recording of pottery is included for 13 of the assemblages. The collections of the ceramics are housed in locations in Britain, the Caribbean, Florida, Texas, and the state of Louisiana. The collections are all from ships which were engaged in Spain's New World colonisation and trade, either en route to the Indies or returning. The exception is the material from the Spanish Armada which is included because of its official nature and the fact that outfitting occurred at Seville, the primary port for the Indies trade. In addition to the primary material, reference is made to pottery finds from contemporaneous shipwrecks which have previously been recorded, in addition to inclusions of historical research. Availability of the collections for further study is also discussed. Ceramics have a tendency to change over relatively short periods of time and using pottery finds as primary dating evidence has proved effective. Some of the most common Spanish ceramic traditions found on New World colonial terrestrial sites, however, have proved difficult to analyse because they are usually undecorated and exhibit relatively little development over the period in question. The finds from shipwrecks include several intact vessels spanning the period and recording of the finds has proved to reveal several distinguishing characteristics which have formed the basis for constructing new typologies of the most common wares encountered.

Thesis (M.A)--East Carolina University, 2005. / Presented to the faculty of the Department of History. Advisor: Timothy Runyan. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [134]-141). Also available via the World Wide Web. Adobe reader required.