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1996-09 MonthlyBulletin Bermuda PlantProtectionLab Refurbishment CoralReefs WeatherSummary

...86 CORAL: Secret to Perfect Recycling If it's green it must be a plant. But it's also hard, so it must be a rock, right? Wrong on both counts — but not totally. Corals are definitely animals; primitive, flower-shaped animals that usually form large colonies. But they also build massive, hard limestone skeletons, and contain thousands of single-celled plants in their...
1996-09_MonthlyBulletin_Bermuda_PlantProtectionLab_Refurbishment_CoralReefs_WeatherSummary.pdf 88 pages Imported Files 2,493.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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StVincent AgriculturalRehabilitation DiversificationProject SettlementAreas Annex1

W Gy o 0] N ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANNEX 1 o AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION AND DIVERSIFICATION PROJECT LOCATION OF SETTLEMENT AREAS I " 0 . STVINCENT [ ProJect Ara for Phase II Settlamnt == Maln Highway 1 57 tow =—wHighway ( Acres Srriov 1l Connyan 1 | < Foncy T w Wl o N it ¢ or Le Suthrlond l Sody &o oo ell l 0 ‘ Nee Sonds Boy Villoge PHASE ] ¥ SETTLEMENT ono 8oy ) S e (3, ve) ¢ M Rood)...
StVincent_AgriculturalRehabilitation_DiversificationProject_SettlementAreas_Annex1.pdf 5 pages Imported Files 515.5 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Danforth 1935 Birds of Barbuda Economic Importance Puerto Rican Avifauna JAgricUnivPR VolXIIX No4

...T. Danforth ssi 478 A New Ground Dove from the West Indies by Stuart T. Danforth e s n 488 The Puerto Rican form of the broad winged hawk; by Stuart T. Danforth and J. Adgar Smyth TT 485 PURLISHED BY THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Rio PiEDRas, P. R, Issp DEXCEMBER 1935 THE BIRDS OF BARBUDA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR ECO- NOMIC IMPORTANCE, AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUERTO RICAN AVIFAUNA By Stu...
Danforth_1935_Birds_of_Barbuda_Economic_Importance_Puerto_Rican_Avifauna_JAgricUnivPR_VolXIIX_No4.pdf 129 pages Imported Files 4,880.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1989 Courier115 StVincentGrenadines Bananas Economy DevelopmentAid

...Vincent’s leaders more islands to be bought up by expatriate than La Soufriere ever did or ever will. individuals or expatriate enterprises, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as cays, of which the biggest are Bequia and indeed the whole question of the sale of land to non-Vincentians is now the country is properly called, consists (7 square miles), Canouan and Musti- strictly regulated, with a re...
1989_Courier115_StVincentGrenadines_Bananas_Economy_DevelopmentAid.pdf 312 pages Imported Files 8,449.4 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...great hope to many that the world’s food problems would soon be diminishing. However, regarding these techniques made its way to Europe during the mediaeval period where as we all know today, quite the opposite was taking place. Careful analysis and monitoring of records indicated ‘“‘stewponds” existing on the grounds of monasteries and large estates. worldwide fisheries pointed to over-exploit...
1981_IMA_Aquaculture_Industry_Trinidad_Tobago_Proceedings.pdf 882 pages Imported Files 29,923.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...absence of strong policy intervention, these same discrepancies will 1ikely be the primary source of irreversible declines in the future. The Fragile Ecology Planning sustainable agriculture in small islands is severely constrained by the delicate balance of interlocking terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Resource fertility and productivity are sustained by the joint interaction of two protec...
McElroy_deAlbuquerque_1990_Sustainable_SmallScale_Agriculture_Caribbean_Islands_MALAS.pdf 273 pages Imported Files 11,799.6 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Lathwell 1974 Report Caribbean Tropical America Soils Conference UWI Trinidad 1973

...gradual smooth boundary . 15-30 Same, gradual smooth boundary. 30-L6 Light grey (5YR 7/1) compact clay with diffuse faint reddish yellow (5YR 5/8) mottles; firm; weak to moderate fine sub- angular vlocky structure; very few roots; gradual smooth boundary. L6-61 Light grey (5YR 7/1) compact clay with cormon distinct red (10YR L8) &nd few faint reddish yellow (YR 6/8) mottles; weak thin to medium...
Lathwell_1974_Report_Caribbean_Tropical_America_Soils_Conference_UWI_Trinidad_1973.pdf 56 pages Imported Files 22,991.6 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...industry is widespread in the Caribbean ly. a number of large trans-national cor- - | porations have tried to move into the This is not a polluting activity per se, but Caribbean to capitalize on the region’s in- it may be the single most destructive coas- expensive labor and in some cases on leg- tal industrial activity, producing severe al concessions not available elsewhere and irreparable b...
Wider_Caribbean_Environmental_Agricultural_Constraints_and_Resource_Management_AMBIO_1981.json 220 pages Imported Files 14,669.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Powell 1977 Voyage HMS Providence Breadfruit Introduction West Indies

...divaricata Sw. olinensis (Jacq.) G. Don Clitoria Brasiliensis = Centr, 0sema brasilianum (L.) Benth, Virginiana = Cen itrosema vi Galactia = Galac tia pendul; la Pers. rginianum (L.) Benth, Clinopodium vulgare = C. vulgare L. Clematis dioic; C. dioica L. Casalpinia vesicaria = Datura Stramonium = Caesalpinia vesicaria L D. stramonium L. Dolichos purpureus = Lablab Purpureus (L.) Sweet Pruriens...
Powell_1977_Voyage_HMS_Providence_Breadfruit_Introduction_West_Indies.pdf 926 pages Imported Files 11,947.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Wilken GeneC 1991 Sustainable Agriculture is the Solution But What is the Problem BIFADEC OccasionalPaper14

...including analysis of traditional methods, and development of new, sustainable agronomic practices for these relatively unknown, easily damaged lands. Site-specific management for sustainability As the name implies, agroecosystems are combinations of environmental elements, cultivation practices, and social and economic institutions. Such complex combinations of elements produce a high degree...
Wilken_GeneC_1991_Sustainable_Agriculture_is_the_Solution_But_What_is_the_Problem_BIFADEC_OccasionalPaper14.pdf 520 pages Imported Files 13,605.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Siemers 1988 Energy Consumption Bakery Sector StVincent Grenadines

...Commercial Energy Consumption for Baking C Systems Using Diesel as Fuel (2 Systems Using LPG as Fuel T T ) B. Traditional Energy Consumption for Baking C Baking in a National Framework Additional Considerations PROSPECTS AND POTENTIAL FOR THE TRADITIONAL SECTOR A. Highlights of the Survey B. The National Framework c. The Local Framework D. The Possible Improvements E. The Pipe Oven...
Siemers_1988_Energy_Consumption_Bakery_Sector_StVincent_Grenadines.pdf 884 pages Imported Files 16,011.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

AguiarMuxella GranularActivatedCharcoal RumProcessing UPRMayaguez 1973

...acidity, color, dry extract, tannins and degree proof were de- termined by conventional methods described in the Official Ana- lytical Methods of the Rum Pilot Plant (3). lTrade names are used in this paper solely for the purpose of Mention of trades names does providing specific information. not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the equipment by the Agricultural Experiment Station of the...
AguiarMuxella_GranularActivatedCharcoal_RumProcessing_UPRMayaguez_1973.pdf 149 pages Imported Files 6,039.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Seaforth Sylvester 1980 Medicines and Poisons from West Indian Plants

...Leaf teas for heat, flu and fevers) ~— = 5= Dieffenbachia seguine Allamanda cathartica Lantana camara (sometimes confused with Asclepias curassavica) Euphrobia pulcherrima Laportea aestuans Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Peperomia pellucida BryoPhyllum pinnatum (Leaf poultice: can cause a dermatitis) Abrus precatorius (6c) (N.B. Intensive studies on. Glycyrrhiza glabra found in a number of antimicrobia...
Seaforth_Sylvester_1980_Medicines_and_Poisons_from_West_Indian_Plants.pdf 124 pages Imported Files 3,225.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

Caribbean Development Bank 1981 Biogas for the Caribbean Annotated Bibliography

...production. The qualities and daily quantities of feedstock added to the digester should be as constant as possible; and (vi) Toxins in Feedstocks - Some materials associated with feedstocks can be toxic to the active bacteria in the digester. Potential toxins include salts of metals, antibiotics, acids and alkalies used for cleaning livestock pens, disinfectants and ungcds on crop residues....
Caribbean_Development_Bank_1981_Biogas_for_the_Caribbean_Annotated_Bibliography.pdf 339 pages Imported Files 9,853.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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OAS 1990 Economic Biology of Underutilized Tropical Plants Final Report

...plant speciesValeriana officinalis, better known as valerian). FOLK MEDICINAL USES (Selected): Leaf teas are taken for hypertension, palpitation, heat' and insomnia. The scent from the crushed leaves is inhaled when fainting spells and dizziness occur. (Of course, the fruit is eminently nutritious. Paull, R. et al. 1983 ). 32 CHARACTERISTIC CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Several isoquinoline alka...
OAS_1990_Economic_Biology_of_Underutilized_Tropical_Plants_Final_Report.pdf 307 pages Imported Files 15,331.4 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...7 Ib/ac) but the initial growth is quite slow until the plant has reached a height of about 30 cm (1 ft.). During this period, it must be protected from weed competition. If small areas are to be sown, a better alternative is to produce seedlings in pots or plastic bags, and to transplant these into the field once they are well grown. The versatility of the plant makes it ideal for use as the p...
Paterson_Philip_Maynard_1986_Guide_Improved_Pastures_Drier_Eastern_Caribbean_CARDI.pdf 306 pages Imported Files 14,644.3 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

Biotechnology Working Group 1990 Biotechnologys Bitter Harvest Herbicide Tolerant Crops and Threat to Sustainable Agriculture

...for herbicide-tolerant seeds for corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat, alone, will be $320 million in five years, and concludes, "We feel that companies that are successful in developing commercial strains of herbicide-resistant crops will be able to sell them at a premium." Yet, considerable uncertainty surrounds the adoption of many herbicide-tolerant crops in U.S. agriculture. Early repor...
Biotechnology_Working_Group_1990_Biotechnologys_Bitter_Harvest_Herbicide_Tolerant_Crops_and_Threat_to_Sustainable_Agriculture.pdf 689 pages Imported Files 32,419.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1986 StVincent OAS OrangeHillEstate FarmingDevelopmentPlan IanPJohn

...highest elevations cannot be irrigated but will be planted with forestry or tree crops. With respect to rainfall, the consultant shows that the period January to April have very little rainfall in dry or wet years. | 2.1.2 Wind The consultant extrapolated wind speed information from Barbados and has come up with an average windspeed in the area of between 11 to 15 mph in a Nortn Zasterly dir...
1986_StVincent_OAS_OrangeHillEstate_FarmingDevelopmentPlan_IanPJohn.pdf 796 pages Imported Files 12,806.6 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Conference Proceeding

1973 NSRC NAS Workshop Aquatic Weed Management Guyana Report

...and reproduction of rooted or floating flower plants are considered to be nutrient chemis Terrestrial plants obtain nutrients from soil, {ten aquatic plants absorb theirs from the water in wWas they grow (as well as from the soil if they a Cut rooted variety). ang * 150 m.t. per hectare = 60.7 metric tons per acre = 66.8 tons/acre d n the Not all these chemicals are known, but those identif...
1973_NSRC_NAS_Workshop_Aquatic_Weed_Management_Guyana_Report.pdf 522 pages Imported Files 15,502.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Pezzullo 1988 CurdledMilk MexicanDairyProjectFailure GrassrootsDevelopment12-3

...go back to work to feed their families. Lagging milk production was cutting into family saving: and making it im- possible for farmers to pay off their loans fast enough so that new members could be recruited. And if the best reproductive years of the original heifers were wasted, they would be- come an expensive one-time investmerit benefiting no one over the long term. The situation called f...
Pezzullo_1988_CurdledMilk_MexicanDairyProjectFailure_GrassrootsDevelopment12-3.pdf 57 pages Imported Files 6,795.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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DeBooy 1912 Lucayan Remains Caicos Islands American Anthropologist

R T al/9 LUCAYAN REMAINS ON THE CAICOS ISLANDS By THEODOOR DE BOOY INTRODUCTION HE Caicos islands, originally a part of the Bahamas and i governed from Nassau, but now having a more independent system of government under the su pervision of the Governor of Jamaica, consist of a group of islands situated about lat, 22° ~21° N. and long. 71° 30~72° 30" W. (see map, fig. 1).! The islands are formed o...
DeBooy_1912_Lucayan_Remains_Caicos_Islands_American_Anthropologist.pdf 202 pages Imported Files 8,222.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Checklist Archaeological Sites Virgin Islands

...168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 Betty's Hope Paradise Negro Bay 3 Adventure 2 Diamond Plessen 2 Saint Georges 2 Springfield Two Friends River 2 Jealousy Hermitage 3 Bethlehem 01d Works Blessing Clifton Hill La Reine 1 Fredensborg Kingshili 2 Fredensfeld Mon Bijou 2 Little Fountain Leb...
Checklist_Archaeological_Sites_Virgin_Islands.pdf 285 pages Imported Files 1,627.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Gussler 1975 Nutritional Implications Distribution Networks StKitts Physical Geography History

...Kitts. There are, actually, three ident ifiable mountain ranges on the Near the volcano lount Misery, lying within the Northern larger island. tts at 3711 feet Although no Range, is the highest point on St. Ki longer active, the crater can still b e seen by air or on foot after a tortuous mountain climb. Evidence of fairly recent volcanic activity A favorite spot for Kittitian abounds elsewher...
Gussler_1975_Nutritional_Implications_Distribution_Networks_StKitts_Physical_Geography_History.pdf 388 pages Imported Files 11,150.3 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Maruca 1982 Submerged Cultural Resources Unit Protects NPS Shipwrecks Isle Royale

...read like tombstones. Though each is now lost to “landlubbers,” scuba divers are penetrating the chilly depths for the chance to explore these under- water behemoths. Scuba diving has ! lifted the shroud off the deep and has made exploration of shipwrecks e e one of the hottest forms of enter- National Park Service tainment for the recreational diver— markers on the Monarch (above); and a major...
Maruca_1982_Submerged_Cultural_Resources_Unit_Protects_NPS_Shipwrecks_Isle_Royale.pdf 14 pages Imported Files 4,837.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Conference Proceeding

Survey of Antillean Sculptured Stone St Thomas VI 1975

...Iadsm where Later, in February of 1975, the members of the Virgin Islands Archaeological and Eonservation Societies were invited to visit the Corning Estate at Botany Bay, located on the extreme western tip of St. Thomas, to photograph and explore reported Pre-Columbian t ped roglyphs and historic ruins there. During the course of this visit the late Warren H. Corning brought out several pieces...
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Walcott 1974 Caribbean Culture or Mimicry JISWA v16n1

...social, economic, political, and culturai aspects of life in Latin DEREK WALCOTT America {inciuding the Ceribbean); particularly in those instances where the subject - Director, Trinidad Theatre Resort ~ is of concern to more than one cf the traditional disciplines. As these concerns Port-of-Spain, Trinidad change, so will the content of the journal. S ARTICLES which have special relevance for...
Walcott_1974_Caribbean_Culture_or_Mimicry_JISWA_v16n1.pdf 22 pages Imported Files 4,404.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

HMS Santa Monica StJohn Excavation Preservation 1970-1983 Righter Augustine

...The H.M.S. Santa Monica, a shipwreck in Han- sen Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, was par- tially excavated between 1970 and 1973. During 1981-1983 a maritime grant to Association Past Search from the National Trust for Historic Pre- servation made it possible for local Virgin Island- ers to be trained in preservation techniques and lo complete treatment and conservation of the remaining ar...
HMS_Santa_Monica_StJohn_Excavation_Preservation_1970-1983_Righter_Augustine.pdf 46 pages Imported Files 1,209.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Figueredo 1975 Saladoid Settlement Patterns StEustatius IRF

...Thus, the settlement pattern observed by de Jong on St. Eustatius has been refined to a rule covering Saladoid spatial behavior. We have seen that professional thinking has evolved from the observation of behavior to its classification and finally to the formulation of rules for that behavior. The processes involved in the proposed change of adaptation from a focally agricultural one to a diffu...
Figueredo_1975_Saladoid_Settlement_Patterns_StEustatius_IRF.pdf 149 pages Imported Files 14,785.3 KB Jul 30, 2025
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WATER LOG 17-3 1997 Mississippi Alabama Coastal Legal Issues

...researching, and cataloging of the La Belle and her artifacts. However, both of these wrecks pale in comparison to the shipwreck mania created by the Titanic. The recent exhibition of Titanic artifacts greatly renewed interest in shipwrecks. The Royal Mail Steamer Titanic w h sank in international waters is one of the world's most famous shipwrecks and is the subject of two travel- ling museum...
WATER_LOG_17-3_1997_Mississippi_Alabama_Coastal_Legal_Issues.pdf 388 pages Imported Files 12,528.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1988 Historic Resources US Virgin Islands Review Assessment NPS

...ELEMENT il COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN ELEMENT 2 VIRGIN ISLANDS ANTIQUITIES ACT . . . ELEMENT REHAB AND MAINTENANCE OF CHRISTIANSTED'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE A X A ELEMENT ENHANCEMENT OF URBAN HISTORIC DISTRICTS 10 == S y ELEMENT MAINTENANCE OF CHRISTIANSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE A e B e B S 13 ELEMENT REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FORT CHRISTIAN 15 L L e N ELEMENT COLUMBUS LANDING...
1988_Historic_Resources_US_Virgin_Islands_Review_Assessment_NPS.pdf 614 pages Imported Files 26,505.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Conference Proceeding

Towle Management of Marine Archaeological Sites Eastern Caribbean IRF Workshop 1983

...analysis and interpretation techniques, was discussed in some detail by the speaker. In the shipwreck sites are often very difficult to first place, locate. Numerous shipwrecks have occurred in West Indian waters for which we have no site-specific documentation, either because none ever 49 50 "The very circumsiances which impede maine archaelogical neseanch fo the professional enhance the m...
Towle_Management_of_Marine_Archaeological_Sites_Eastern_Caribbean_IRF_Workshop_1983.pdf 35 pages Imported Files 2,459.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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INA Explores Age of Discovery Ships of Discovery Molasses Reef Wreck Research 1980s

...Don Keith, Mark Myers and | submitted a proposal to the NEH for federal funds to support our ongoing research program. We were informed last December that the request had been accepted and that our projects would be funded for eighteen months. With additional support from the National Geographic Society, a third season of excavation at the Molasses Reef Wreck now will be possible. A grant also...
INA_Explores_Age_of_Discovery_Ships_of_Discovery_Molasses_Reef_Wreck_Research_1980s.pdf 207 pages Imported Files 8,620.4 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Figueredo 1974 History of Virgin Islands Archaeology IRF

...Thomas in 1922;its two investigators were J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong of the Netherlands and Gudmund Hatt of Denmark (Hatt 1924: 29). After a brief stay, de Jong left for the Lesser Antilles, and Hatt continued the work on St. Thomas, expanding it into 1923 to include St. John, Tortola, and St. Croix. Both of these European archaeologists recognized stratigraphy and the seriation of pottery, so...
Figueredo_1974_History_of_Virgin_Islands_Archaeology_IRF.pdf 119 pages Imported Files 2,239.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Trupp AncientShipwrecks TreasureHunters vs Archaeologists US Florida HMSFowey Atocha 1979

...coins, chains recovered by Fisher’s men from Santa Margarita. able, but mention treasure hunters and he explodes with a string of epithets. Mention underwater archae- ology in general, though, or the Fowey in particular, and Fischer grows positively enthusiastic. Floating above the site in the gin-clear water, I found myself extraordinarily touched by the scene. After 235 years on the bottom,...
Trupp_AncientShipwrecks_TreasureHunters_vs_Archaeologists_US_Florida_HMSFowey_Atocha_1979.pdf 63 pages Imported Files 3,635.4 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Donahue Watters Millspaugh 1990 ThinSectionPetrography NorthernLesserAntillesCeramics Geoarchaeology v5n3 229-254

...21%, with mean percentage values from 2% to 15% (Table IV). These grains are small to intermediate in size with values ranging from 0.1 to 0.4 mm. Most of the highly berefrigent minerals are grouped under the category pyroxene, with percentages ranging from 0% to 19% and mean percentage values from 0% to 10% (Table IV). Two other minerals, olivine and quartz, were found in very low percentages...
Donahue_Watters_Millspaugh_1990_ThinSectionPetrography_NorthernLesserAntillesCeramics_Geoarchaeology_v5n3_229-254.pdf 172 pages Imported Files 10,702.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

Albright Excavation HMS Santa Monica CRI StJohn 1971-1973

...15 Carval Rk 20 .V I 1% 16 . ~ Q ~. o~ 5= o 0 .Y sl st i ‘s C s 16 . n . Co s 9 . 7 l 6 [ VIS -5 ; 16 8 1 WhislingCay - 7 " ne M 5 sal ot 13 15 7 » 13 ) ] - " v 9% 0 24 %7 " o, Dead 5 n arkoe Py 16 ¥ 16 5 X 0OS o TR (het i 29 --— ~ ' ) [ iLL 25 26 1S 15 8 8, - st 4 15 ] s &) S0 oy 12§ . -J e/ o y . »°0 ( P - - R | 22 ] U 2 15 " 26 ! % 2 . : 10, ' ~ > 2. A N 7 5 1 U iLL kL > 13 22 L ~ sl ‘ H 4 ]...
Albright_Excavation_HMS_Santa_Monica_CRI_StJohn_1971-1973.pdf 99 pages Imported Files 6,848.0 KB Jul 30, 2025
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NationalRegisterBulletin20 NominatingHistoricVesselsAndShipwrecks USNPS 1987

...2 FIGURE 22: The documentation for the 18th century Brown’s Ferry Wreck in South Carolina included a site plan, a photograph | of the vessel remains, a significant diagnostic artifact recovered from the I — I wreck, an Improved Davis Quadrant, and a — model of what the vessel is presumed to have looked like when afloat. (Photo credit: Gordon Brown, photographer and Darby Erd, illustrator, court...
NationalRegisterBulletin20_NominatingHistoricVesselsAndShipwrecks_USNPS_1987.pdf 372 pages Imported Files 16,379.0 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Rouse 1964 Prehistory of the West Indies Science

...determine when and how they came and to work out the extent of their contacts, if any, with the Indians of Mesoamerica and the eastern United States. Chronology and Cultures Extensive stratigraphical excavations in the Caribbean area made it possi- ble in the 1940's to set up a relative time scale consisting of five periods, which were arbitrarily numbered from SABA- perioos || V ST. EUsS- I...
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first study georgian building caribbean british west indies

...high buildings—even churches tend to be squat L] Ay [ " i By R e i i i) 2 i 9 W 3 R o ed A AR lately that the use of reinforced concrete has encouraged architects to be more t uresome. Lastly, design is dependent on material. Few bricks Te made locally; and those that came out from Eng- JAMAICA ) land in the Georgian period as ballast were only sufficient to meet a part of the demand. Ston...
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Historic and Scientific Displays in Naval Ships and Stations US Navy 1970

...Newport News, Virginia. A\ « N = R % X & R PPN At S j e 3 % APPENDIX 11 PRESERVATION OF MATERIALS RECOVERED FROM WATER FIELD PREPARATION nitric acid may be used with frequent washing and In recent years many underwater sites have been examination to prevent damage to the artifact. Cal- opened up to exploration through the development careous encrustations may also be removed with sodium hexame...
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Conference Proceeding

Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ———————————————— Vol. 43, No. 1-2 e A RTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA Introduction This paper is derived from a talk presented at the S...
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Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

S — ——— Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin Vol. 43, No. 1-2 -_— A RTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA Introduction This paper is derived from a talk presented at the Symposiu...
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Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 12 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66...
Buddemeier_1991_Economic_Development_Climate_Change_Tropical_Coasts_Islands_Coral_Reefs_PSAIB_v43n1-2.pdf 93 pages Imported Files 2,631.5 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 1-2 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 6...
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Roy Connell 1991 Climatic Change Future Atoll States JCR 7-4 1057-1075

...f flat = = Pty LAGOON \ VA ([ sait water /, Higher 2 Figure 8. Wide islands with relatively large groundwater lenses form where converging waves (big arrows) build gravel ridges and recurved spits (smail arrows) at bends in the reef crest. Lower areas in their interiors are agriculturally productive but, if sea level rises, inundation and salt intrusion could destroy their productivity and a...
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Government Report

Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

...cgional Impacts of Climate Change _——— SL W — 11) A range of adaptation measures are theoretically available to small island states sea level rise but given their small size, populations and economies the ¢ to respond to climate change and osts of adaptation are often prohibitive. For instance because of the long length of shoreline to land area, shore protection is very expensive and in the...
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Technical Report

CEP Technical Report 3 1989 UNEP Implications Climatic Changes Wider Caribbean Maul

...v < Caribbean Environment Programme ¥ N\ \ S ~—— United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Implications of Climatic Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region Preliminary Conclusions of the Task Team of Experts Prepared by: George Maul Task Team Chairman CEP Technical Report No. 3 1989 AN Issued and printed by: ~ < y UN Caribbean Environment Programme United Nations Environment Programme A it | f t...
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Technical Report

Nurse McLean Suarez 1998 IPCC Small Island States Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

...Observed Trends 339 9.3.6. 346 Coastal Systems 9.2.2.1. Temperature and Precipitation 339 9.3.6.1. Sea-Level Rise and 9.2.2.2. Tropical Cyclones 339 Coastal Changes 346 9.23 340 9.3.7 Human Settlement 346 Model Projections 9.2.3.1. Temperature, Precipitation, and 9.3:7.1. Infrastructure and Settlement 346 Evaporation 340 9.3.7.2. Tourism 347 9.2.3.2. Extreme Events and Interannual 9.3.8 Human H...
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Policy Document

Caribbean Regional Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change GEF OAS WorldBank 1996

...Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) A9 Page: 3 REGIONAL: CARIBBEAN: ENABLING ACTIVITIES (PLANNING FOR ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE) BACKGROUND 1 The members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are primarily small island states with fragile coastal ecosystems. Agriculture and tourism are thei...
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1994 UN Global Conference SIDS Barbados Declaration Programme of Action

...Development and Agenda 21, the blueprint for global sustainable development that was approved at the Earth Summit — the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Barbados Conference was called for by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 on the recommendation of the Earth Summit. It was secn as the first test of the global partnership...
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