| Popis: |
The discovery and underwater archaeological excavation, conducted jointly by the National Museum of the Philippines and a French outfit World Wide First (WWF) from 1991–93, on the Spanish Galleon San Diego, which sunk on 14 December 1600, offshore Fortune Island, Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines, has brought to light some of possible historical mistakes which were committed in the past and for the first time gave archaeologists to look at the volume of material cultural remains it contained. The trade ceramics particularly have been interesting since most of the recovery of these items were mainly complete pieces of “kraak” and “swatow” wares of the Wanli period (1573–1619) of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). A number of trade jars from Burma, China, Thailand and Spain were also recovered. Earthenware materials both from the New World and also those that were produced locally were quite unusual. The San Diego wrecksite was like a time capsule with all the artifacts from the Philippines, China, Southeast Asia, Japan, Spain, Peru and Mexico put together in one underwater site. |
