... Abstract The northwestern Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf includes approximately 38,660,700 acres of submerged land under federal permitting authority, which are in turn subject to NEPA and NHPA Section 106-compliant archaeological survey. Of those nearly 40 million acres, sea-level...

... For millennia, humanity has and continues to leave imprints on the physical world. Archaeologists have often turned to technology for help in interpreting these past imprints. This is especially so in the realm of underwater archaeology where sites may range from submerged prehistoric...

... Abstract Objectives/Scope 1. Review the effectiveness of existing technology for identifying and characterizing submerged and buried prehistoric archaeological sites.2. Critique and suggest changes to existing technology to improve the effectiveness for the identification and characterization...

... relatively common, but methods for identifying submerged pre-contact archaeological deposits are developing in many coastal regions of the continental United States. Permitting agencies in certain regions along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean typically require management plans that include...

... Abstract Pre-contact period submerged landscape archaeology in the United States has been driven and improved by the efforts of cultural resource managers (CRM). While academic organizations in the US have conducted submerged landscapes archaeology, the objective of this paper is to show how...

... Abstract This is a discussion of using several chemical and passive environmental sensor tests on a range and variety of shipwrecks from different environments to encourage the study of fluctuations in the marine environment surrounding archaeological sites. Comprehensive evaluation...

... Abstract Archaeology related to the offshore energy exploration industry has changed significantly over the last 15 years. New regulations, technologies, and discoveries have impacted not only how archaeology related to offshore exploration conducted but also how it is perceived within...

... of the landscapes in which archaeological sites would have been located prior to sea-level rise. The first step in identifying and verifying these features, and any subsequent sites, consists of geophysical remote sensing, especially acoustic profiling, to identify subseafloor horizons and depositional events...

... Abstract In the United States the offshore energy industry is regulated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE). Archaeological sites in federal waters fall under the protection of the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act (as amended), and subsequent...

... Abstract Ongoing exploration and development activities in the Arctic and on the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) require marine archaeological assessments. Current United States requirements are based on known archaeological sites, and predictive models for potential submerged...

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