19th Century Wooden Ship Sheathing. A Case of Study: The Materials of Puerto Pirámides 1, Península Valdés

Copper alloy sheathing used to protect ships hulls from different wood-infesting organisms (borers and foulers) was widespread since the late18th century. In this work the characterization results of a sheathing fragment and tacks from the site Puerto Pirámides 1, Peninsula Valdes(Chubut Province, A...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: de Rosa, Horacio Manuel, Ciarlo, Nicolás Carlos, Pichipil Huircapan, Marcela, Castelli, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/111910
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/111910
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COPPER-ALLOY SHEATHING
ARCHAEOMETALLURGY
19TH CENTURY SHIPWRECK
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
Descripción
Sumario:Copper alloy sheathing used to protect ships hulls from different wood-infesting organisms (borers and foulers) was widespread since the late18th century. In this work the characterization results of a sheathing fragment and tacks from the site Puerto Pirámides 1, Peninsula Valdes(Chubut Province, Argentina) are presented. Through metallographic analysis by means of Light Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM), and chemical composition determination by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDS) it was possible to identify compositions andmicrostructures different from those of artefacts of similar kind found in shipwrecks of the same period.