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DOCUMENT Citation Only Art Trembanis. Carter DuVal. Michael L. Brennan. James P. Delgado.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mapping Crossroads: Archaeological and High Resolution Documentation of Nuclear Test Submerged Cultural Resources at Bikini Atoll" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1946 to 1958 a series of 22 atomic bombs were tested throughout Bikini atoll resulting in a series of anthropogenic craters around the atoll. Now 61 years later, questions remain about what evidence remains for these tests and how human...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William J Chadwick. Andrea Palmiotto. Parker J Chadwick.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond the Battlefield: The Search for World War II’s Missing in Action by DPAA and Its Partners", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Geophysical surveys are regularly used to examine archaeological landscapes and features. Metal detection is often used during historic aircraft crash site recovery missions to define the lateral extent of craters but do not typically penetrate beyond a meter below ground surface....