>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
>
>ph: (077) 81 4759
>fax:(077) 81 4045
 
On a similar note, Mark Staniforth at Flinders University in Adelaide has
been looking at discrepancies between cargo manifests and actual shipwreck
assemblages as possible evidence of smuggling.
 
Susan
 
Dr Susan Lawrence
Department of Archaeology
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria
Australia 3083
 
ph 03 9479 1790
fax 03 9479 1881