1519 (Temporal Keyword)

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Chasing the Gradient: A New Diver-Held Tool for Locating Buried Shipwreck Remains in Magnetically Challenging Environments (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Doug Hrvoic.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. A new diver-held magnetometer was developed that directly senses the total magnetic gradient, and therefore effectively provides a direct signal if a magnetic (e.g., ferrous) object is in its vicinity, regardless of other ambient...


Magnetic Survey for Cortes’ Fleet in Villa Rica Bay, Mexico (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ilya Inozemtsev. Doug Hrvoic.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Hernan Cortes arrived at the shores of North America in 1519 and famously scuttled his own fleet of ships, at a location believed to be about 60km north of modern day Veracruz. An expedition to find the lost fleet was begun in July...