H.L. Hunley The Next Step: Inside The Side

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Lives Revealed: Interpreting the Human Remains and Personal Artifacts from the Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This presentation introduces the ongoing research and analysis being conducted in prepartion for the Hunley report on the interior excavation of the submarine, the personal effects of the crew, and the forensic analysis of the eight crewmembers. Hunley was a sealed container that preserved the archaeology but also a tomb for its crew. Archaeologists and conservators alike were challenged with how to enter the sub and the difficulties of maintaining a controlled excavation, as well as recovering fragile artifacts and human remains. These challenges were met, the archaeological data recovered with the remains of the eight crewmembers, and the analysis is coming to fruition. This symposium's presentations provide samples of the research going into the next report on the Hunley excavation..

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Lives Revealed: Interpreting the Human Remains and Personal Artifacts from the Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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