Dear Tim
 
A different approach to the archaeology of crime (beyong skeletal remains)
is evidence for smuggling and other trade in contraband. Your posting
didn't indicate if the student was interested in specific geographical
areas or types of sites, although I'm sure that even Medieval coastal
communities were into wrecking, illegal trade, etc.   I can't remember the
exact reference, but I'm pretty sure that there is a paper on the
archaeology of smuggling by Stephen Mrozowski (apologies if I have the name
wrong) in Richard Gould's "Shipwreck Anthropology".
 
Martin
 
Dr Martin Gibbs
School of Anthropology & Archaeology
James Cook University
Townsville 4811
Queensland, Australia
 
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