INVESTIGADORES
ELKIN Dolores Carolina
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Case Study: HMS Swift / Argentina.
Autor/es:
ELKIN, DOLORES
Lugar:
Wolverhampton
Reunión:
Encuentro; Shared Heritage Conference; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Universidad de Wolverhampton
Resumen:
This contribution provides an overview of the HMS Swift archaeological project, which dealswith a British sloop of war which sank off Patagonia in 1770 and is conducted by theunderwater archaeology team of a federal Argentinean government agency, the NationalInstitute of Anthropology. Special consideration is given to the role of this archaeologicalsite in the legal protection of the underwater cultural heritage and the development ofmaritime archaeology in Argentina. The paper also includes several examples of the positivebilateral relationship between Argentina and the UK, especially in relation to the treatmentof the human remains found in the site.
