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Directions in Deepwater Marine Archaeology: Using Technology to Grow and Synthesize Knowledge on the Deep Frontier. (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric Swanson. Tiffany Goldhamer. Ray Blackmon.

The increased use of remote sensing technology has allowed archaeology to go farther and deeper than ever before.  The capability of effecting real-time adaptations to Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) surveys and the increase in resolution of remote sensing equipment has provided scientists with a better opportunity to study and research what lies below the ocean’s surface.  It is with advancing technology that science and engineering has allowed for the better protection and understanding of...


Kiska: Alaska’s Underwater Battlefield (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Pietruszka. Eric Terrill. Mark Moline. Heidi Batchelor. Eric Gallimore. Bob Hess. Andy Nager. Matthew Breece. Eric White.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In July 2018 members of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Delaware spent two weeks conducting an exploratory remote-sensing survey to locate and document WWII-era submerged archaeological sites in the waters off Kiska Island, Alaska, one of the last and most remote islands in the Aleutian chain. The often-forgotten Aleutian campaign was the sole WWII campaign...