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Archaeology and the Oil Spill: Exploration of the Mississippi Barrier Islands as a result of the BP Oil spill (2013)
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The Mississippi barrier islands are a collection of publicly accessible, naturally occurring, seacoast defense structures with evidence of Native American occupation, French exploration and colonization and American habitation through World War II. In 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill occurred, spilling oil across the Gulf of Mexico and onto the Mississippi Barrier Island. The Mississippi barrier islands consist of Cat, West and East Ship, Horn, and Petit Bois Islands. As a result of...