Potentially Polluting Wrecks (Other Keyword)
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New Approaches to Locating and Addressing Threats from Potentially Polluting Wrecks (2025)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Intersection Between Natural and Cultural Heritage and the Pressing Threats to Both", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Assessments of potential pollution risks from shipwrecks have included a variety of wrecks, including warships and merchant vessels from both world wars, tankers lost in storms, ships carrying munitions, and even a U-boat with a cargo of solid mercury. With the majority of these wrecks...