ANCODS 2002 Report on the Dutch shipwreck collections Myra Stanbury Special Publication—Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 8 Contents Contents ................................................................................................................................................................ i List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................ ii Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................1 Collections management ........................................................................................................................................1 Current status ...........................................................................................................................................1 Significant additions to the collection ............................................................................................................1 Databases .................................................................................................................................................1 ARTEFACT DATABASE ........................................................................................................................................ 1 NUMISMATIC DATABASE .................................................................................................................................... 2 Conservation and Restoration .....................................................................................................................2 DISINTEGRATING CANNON BALLS. JON CARPENTER ............................................................................................... 2 STATUS REPORT: WATERLOGGED IVORY FROM DUTCH SHIPWRECKS. DR IAN GODFREY ........................................... 3 PEWTER OBJECTS ............................................................................................................................................. 3 ANCODS allocations..................................................................................................................................3 Knowledge Generation ..........................................................................................................................................4 Batavia skeletal research .............................................................................................................................4 REPLICATION OF SKELETAL MATERIAL ................................................................................................................. 4 CRANIO-FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 5 RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK AT BEACON ISLAND ......................................................................................... 6 THE PROJECT TO DATE ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Beacon Island land sites and the victims of the Batavia......................................................................................... 8 Batavia faunal analysis .............................................................................................................................8 Batavia lace ..............................................................................................................................................9 Batavia trumpet ........................................................................................................................................9 Batavia portico ..........................................................................................................................................9 Zeewijk (1727) ........................................................................................................................................9 Loans and Exhibitions ...........................................................................................................................................9 New Batavia Project in Lelystad (Resolution 91.5) .........................................................................................9 Amsterdam University Exhibition April 1995 ................................................................................................9 Geraldton Museum .................................................................................................................................. 10 Shipwrecks Gallery—Western Australian Museum Geraldton......................................................................... 10 Western Australian Maritime Museum Shipwrecks Galleries .......................................................................... 10 New Western Australian Maritime Museum ................................................................................................ 10 Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake, Germany ...................................................................................... 10 Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Amnesty 1993–94 ........................................................................................ 10 Site Management ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Training of Inspectors .............................................................................................................................. 11 Obituary—Stan Wilson, AM MPS PhC JP ............................................................................................................ 11 Staff and associated publications relating to the Dutch shipwrecks—1991–2002 .................................................. 12 References........................................................................................................................................................... 15 Appendices .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 A. Material registered since 1991: Batavia, Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk. ................................ 17 B. Dutch skeletal material excavated from 1960 to 1994 (BAT series) ................................................ 19 C. Batavia skeletal material excavated from the Beacon Island mass grave 1999–2001 (BILS series) ..................................................................................................................... 21 D. Bones associated with various individuals from the mass grave (SK5, SK6, SK7, SK8, SK9, SK10, SK11 and SK12) ............................................................................ 23 E. Previously allocated Zuytdorp coins..................................................................................................... 25 i List of Tables Table 1. Artefact statistics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Table 2. Coin statistics ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Table 3. Human skeletal material from the Batavia recovered as at 2002 ......................................................................................... 5 Table 4. Forensic analysis of Batavia victim trauma by Dr Alanah Buck, QEII PathCentre, Perth ................................................. 6 Table 5. Dutch artefacts submitted for registration during the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Amnesty 1993–94 (not including coins). The figures are as at 1996 ................................................................................................................................ 10 ii Introduction • Zuytdorp model built by C. de Heer c. 1973–74, was This report gives a brief overview of the current status of purchased for the maritime archaeology collection the Dutch shipwreck collections—Batavia 1629, Vergulde from Mrs Petronella Muntz. Draeck 1656, Zuytdorp 1712 and Zeewijk 1727. It also includes • A bronze sword buckle (ZW 5636) and a small, brief summaries of research that has been undertaken engraved glass tumbler (ZW 5637) recovered by Lieut. and/or is on-going, and details of exhibition programmes (later Captain) John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle from involving the Dutch shipwreck material. Gun Island were returned to WA under Deed of Gift from the Nicholson Museum, Sydney University. Stokes Collections management had given the objects to Major Christie who then Current status donated them to the Nicholson Museum. They are The Department of Maritime Archaeology manages its the only Zeewijk objects recovered by Stokes known to Dutch shipwreck collections in accordance with the exist in Australia. (The gun after which Gun Island Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 and the was named is in the Tower of London.) The objects ANCODS Agreement which comprises Schedule 1 of the with their original labels are displayed at the new Act. Both manual and computer databases/registers are Geraldon Museum. maintained for the artefact and the numismatic collections. With the exception