Iron and Steamship Archaeology Success and Failure on the Ss Xantho

In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho , an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks.McCarthy, Michael is the author of 'Iron and Steamship Archaeology Success and Failure on the Ss Xantho' with ISBN 9780306463655 and ISBN 0306463652.