The Impact of Humans on Shipwrecks in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Shipwrecks are adversely affected by human activities. Some of the most common activities conducted by humans, include recreational SCUBA diving and fishing, have the potential to destroy the data and cultural integrity of these sites. Human interaction with shipwrecks requires additional research in order to find the best way to limit human impact on shipwrecks. This project’s primary goal was to measure the level of human impact on newly discovered shipwrecks one year after their locations were made publicly accessible. To achieve this goal six shipwrecks whose locations were previously unreleased until 2017 in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire were examined during the summer of 2018. The primary method was the comparison of previously collected video data with video data collected in 2018 to determine if there are any noticeable changes in the conditions of the shipwrecks including evidence of looting since their locations have been published.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25081