Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joel A Cook.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Digital Approaches in Nautical Archaeology", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the expansive history of U.S. naval operations in the First and Second World Wars, the large combatant vessels reign supreme. Many major coastal cities in the United States have a battleship or aircraft carrier docked in prime tourist areas and dedicated funds for the maintenance of these behemoths. But their smaller brethren,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser. Calvin Mires.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Ecology of Underwater Cultural Heritage: From Microbial Communities to Macrofauna", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The physical remains of human activities in the ocean, collectively called underwater cultural heritage (UCH), serve as important seafloor habitats that are integral to the ecosystems around them. Shipwrecks and other UCH influence connectivity and dispersal of marine animals, impact local...