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ISBN 10: 0306463652 
ISBN 13: 9780306463655
Author: Michael McCarthy

Iron and Steamship Archaeology Success and Failure on the S S Xantho 1st Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: Xantho and Broadhurst in Context

  • The Context of the Find
  • Marine Engineering (General overview of iron hulls, marine propulsion, boilers, condensers, compounding)
  • The "Ideal" 1870s Steamer
  • The Colonial Setting (Western Australia's maritime history)
  • Steamers in Western Australia
  • The Broadhursts in Context: An Inadequate Record (Biographical details of Charles Edward Broadhurst, the ship's owner)
  • Victorian Squatters, Northwest Pastoralists, Pearlers in the Northwest
  • Broadhurst and Xantho
  • Xantho: A Transport for Pearl Divers, a Tramp Steamer
  • The Last Voyage and Sinking

• Chapter 2: Xantho—The Transformations

  • A Wealth of Information
  • The Specifications: Construction as a Paddle Steamer (Original build)
  • The First Transformation (Conversion to a screw steamer)
  • Xantho: A Hybrid Refugee from the Scrapyard
  • The Loss of Xantho: The Second Transformation (The wrecking event)
  • Abandonment Behavior and Its Effect on the Material Record
  • Breakup and Salvage: The Third Transformation (Post-sinking processes)
  • Another Contemporary Record of Xantho?
  • Xantho: A Navigational Hazard

• Chapter 3: The Wreck Examined

  • Processes in Wreck Site Analysis
  • The Discovery and Initial Inspection of the Site
  • Early Iron and Steamship Archaeology Examined
  • A Predisturbance Study: New Directions in 1983
  • Natural Transformation Forces Analyzed
  • Results of the Predisturbance Survey
  • Anomalous Features Identified
  • Site Survey and Test Excavation

• Chapter 4: Site Formation Processes

  • Understanding Site Formation Processes for Iron Wrecks
  • John Riley's Observations: The Waterline Theory
  • Other Commonalities Observed
  • The Formation of the Xantho Site

• Chapter 5: The Investigation Continues in the Archives

  • The Archival and Material Records at Odds
  • The Material Record Incorrectly Read
  • Distortions in the Written Record
  • The Naval Origins of the Xantho Engine (Tracing its unique design)
  • Broadhurst Revisited (Reassessing his ventures)
  • Pearling at Shark Bay, American Influences
  • Broadhurst: A Great Success vs. Consistent Failure
  • Broadhurst's Other Enterprises

• Chapter 6: Excavations at the Site

  • Excavation Processes and Methodology
  • The Research Strategy for the Xantho
  • Methods of Excavation (e.g., use of thermal lance for engine removal)
  • An Unsuccessful Attempt to Examine Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding Methods
  • A Clue to the Rapidity of Concretion Formation
  • Results of the 1984-1994 Excavations (Details of recovered artifacts and findings)

• Chapter 7: Excavation in the Laboratory (Conservation)

  • Deconcretion: Excavation and Experimentation
  • The Removal of Chlorides Explained (The science behind iron conservation)
  • Deconcretion of the Outer Surfaces
  • Engineering Anomalies Identified
  • Further Deconcretion and Unexpected Conservation Problems
  • Further Evidence of Abandonment Behavior
  • The Externals Totally Deconcreted
  • The Engine Model
  • Engine Markings: Broadhurst Reassessed
  • The Disassembly of the Engine
  • The Direct Flame Method Applied to the Xantho
  • A Concretion Formation Model Proposed
  • Further Experiments in Deconcretion
  • Analogy in Engine Excavation
  • Dismantling the Machinery
  • Entering the Cylinders
  • The British Standard Whitworth (BSW) Thread

• Conclusion

  • Summary of Findings and Contributions
  • Successes and Failures of the Project
  • Implications for Future Iron and Steamship Archaeology and Conservation

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