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<p>Semi-hidden among the reef labyrinth of the Espiritu Santo Bay mouth, off the Mexican Caribbean coast, the <i>Animas de la Victoria</i> wreck site is beginning to raise interesting topics about its condition, origin, and history. Nineteen iron cannons, four admiralty anchors, and a few other materials lie scattered over a large, shallow area close to the reef crest, evidence of the nautical accident of an apparently mid-eighteenth-century or a little later, lightly armed, non-military, medium-sized ship. Curiously, the site is located far from any Spanish port or even from any primary European sailing route in the Yucatan Channel. This paper presents the outcomes of the first research stage, focused on determining the wreck site’ chronology&#xa0;and cultural provenance, based on the morphological analysis of anchors and ordnance, and on interpreting the nautical accident (site formation process) according to the context deposition pattern. Oceanological data and historical studies have been crucial sources of information, converging to form a comprehensive initial understanding of the site and its circumstances.</p>

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Animas de la Victoria Wreck Site, Espiritu Santo Bay, Mexico: First Hypothesis About the Intriguing Context of an Eighteenth-Century Nautical Accident

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    2026年3月23日

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  • Helena Barba-Meinecke,
  • Josué Guzmán,
  • Josefa Martí-Solano,
  • Fabrizio Ciacchella

摘要

Semi-hidden among the reef labyrinth of the Espiritu Santo Bay mouth, off the Mexican Caribbean coast, the Animas de la Victoria wreck site is beginning to raise interesting topics about its condition, origin, and history. Nineteen iron cannons, four admiralty anchors, and a few other materials lie scattered over a large, shallow area close to the reef crest, evidence of the nautical accident of an apparently mid-eighteenth-century or a little later, lightly armed, non-military, medium-sized ship. Curiously, the site is located far from any Spanish port or even from any primary European sailing route in the Yucatan Channel. This paper presents the outcomes of the first research stage, focused on determining the wreck site’ chronology and cultural provenance, based on the morphological analysis of anchors and ordnance, and on interpreting the nautical accident (site formation process) according to the context deposition pattern. Oceanological data and historical studies have been crucial sources of information, converging to form a comprehensive initial understanding of the site and its circumstances.