Sítios arqueológicos de naufrágios da Baía de Todos os Santos, Salvador-BA: estudo de caso do Clipper Blackadder

Abstract

With a coast of approximately 8.500 km of extension, Brazil possesses a maritime scenario ofgreat archaeological potency, formed mainly by rests of shipwrecks, port structures, maritimereligiosity spaces, the sanctuary sites, and the depository sites. In the last twenty years ofscientifically archaeological research, we entered in an innovative reality proposal that intendsto encompass the many varied dimensions of human interaction with the aquatic environment,through the analyses of the multiple social and material expressions arising from thisperception, be it from the nautical, maritime, or underwater segment corroborating in anArchaeology of Aquatic Environment. In the intent to evaluate the development and theperspective of this research field in Brazil, our dissertation has as one of its goals to do aapproach of archaeological sites formed by rests of shipwrecks at the All Saints Bay - Bahia,relating historical, technical, nautical and social archaeological arising from this types of sites,by means of a inventory liability until reaching the research in situ from the rests of theclipper Blackadder. To this end we land in Public Archaeology, approaching segments ofsociety to better understand the importance and meaning of shipwrecks archaeological sites asan integral part of the Underwater Brazilian Cultural Heritage.