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DOCUMENT Citation Only Doug Hrvoic.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Argos diver-held magnetic graditometer was initially conceived during the Lost Ships of Cortes (LSOC) Project in Villa Rica Mexico in 2018. Using a new method of determining the Total Magnetic Gradient (TMI), it allowed (in 2019 and 2020) the detection and recovery of multiple iron artifacts in a challenging environment where...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark I Beattie-Edwards.

In 2012 in the United Kingdom there were 61 wreck sites protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973). These wrecks are identified as being the most important historical and archaeological wrecks in UK territorial waters.  Since 2005 the NAS has worked to not only facilitate access to these heritage assets but to also contribute to the research aims of the volunteer custodians. This paper will highlight the opportunity that a diver trail on the Norman’s Bay wreck launched in 2011, offers...