Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSDAdvisory Council On Underwater Archaeology Résumé : International audience This paper presents historical research conducted through a partnership between the University of French West Indies andthe Guadeloupe Port Authority in 2010. In the preparation for an underwater archaeological survey, the GuadeloupePort Authority, advised by the Department for Underwater Archaeological Research (DRASSM), initiated historicalresearch to assist in understanding the potential for underwater cultural heritage in Pointe-à-Pitre Bay. Historicalsources concerning shipwrecks, maritime events, and construction and dredging activity in the port since the beginningof 19th century have been studied to delineate high potential research and survey areas. !is paper presents the context,methods and results of this project. ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2012
Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSDAdvisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Résumé : International audience On 18 December 1809 under the pressure of an English fleet, two Napoleonic Period store-ships, corvettes de charge,were sunk in Anse à la Barque on the west coast of Guadeloupe (FWI), south of the town of Bouillante. Underwaterarchaeological excavations, took place between 2001 and 2008. these investigationsrevealed that, in addition to those two shipwrecks, hulls of four different ships were also present on the seafloor. Twoof them have been identified as the French vessels Seine and Loire by comparing archival data to the archaeologicalrecord. The presence of so many shipwrecks in a secondary mooring of the west coast of Guadeloupe is explained by itstopographical characteristics and its proximity to Basse-Terre. ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2010
Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSDAdvisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Publication Résumé : International audience This paper presents part of the results of historical research for a PhD thesis focusing on seafaring and maritime activityin Guadeloupe, French West Indies (FWI). Additionally, it discusses the possible identification of five shipwreck sitesthat appear to date to the 19th century: Anse à la Barque, Pointe-à-Pitre, Baie des Saintes, Sainte-Anne and Le Mouleshipwrecks. ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2014
Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSDAdvisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Résumé : International audience This paper presents results from the first excavations on the Saintes Bay’s wreck, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Thewreck may be linked to the loss of Anemone, a French schooner built in 1823 in Bayonne and used as a custom ship inGuadeloupe. The July 2015 archaeological project surveyed the site. Discrete trenches were excavated to identify both shipwreck material culture and ship structure, and compare this to archival records; and facilitate archaeological interpretationof the site, with regard to accounts of its loss, design plans, construction details, etc. ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2016