In this weeks Glabal Museum http://www.globalmuseum.org there is a story
about the finds from the Steamboat Arabia, which sank in the Mississippi
River in 1856.
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/fanfare/tuesday/nd7991.htm
(also see the Arabia Museum's "treasure" oriented page for pictures)
http://www.1856.com/
My question is ... is there a catalog of artifacts or study, perhaps
similar to those found in the Michilimacinac works, which describe and
illustrate all these items so that other archaeologists can use this
information for their research? Some of the examples of things that have
been discussed on these lists and which are mentioned in the first few
paragraphs of the article are wooden barrels, doorknobs, pins, buttons, and
a myriad of other stuff that was last seen in 1856.
Dan W.