Page 27 - TVH 2000 Anniversary Shipwreck Project

The new system was based largely on a system initiated for the Nuestra Senora de la Conception excavation (Pacific Sea Resources and A Hildred, 1987). The system was put together by P Holt with requirements listed by A Hildred (Figure 9). A thesaurus was produced using the Hollandia Compendium and a simple name index was generated from a list of objects raised previously. A total of 71 ‘simple names’ (fork, spoon, buckle) were allocated to the 592 artefacts excavated during the 2000 season. The hierarchical classification at first seemed logical enough with only two basic groupings, ‘Cargo’ and ‘Non-Cargo’, in fact these were the hardest to distinguish between. The full name groups (the next level down) included the following; • Ship’s Structure • Ship’s Fittings • Ordnance • Tools and equipment • Specie • Recreational • Foodstuffs • Environmental remains • Human Remains • Miscellaneous J. van Keulen chart showing the wreck site of the Vliegent Hart - 25 -