A geoscience strategy for cultural resource management tested in an alluvial setting /

a Union ironclad gunboat, scuttled on the Red River was

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Albertson, Paul Edwin, 1955-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1994.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:a Union ironclad gunboat, scuttled on the Red River was
abandoned channel. Geotechnical exploration indicate the
approaches. Evaluation of existing approaches revealed a
because artifacts are placed in their stratigraphic
been ignored. The unexpected occurrence of buried cultural
benefits, costs and risks. The process cascades positively
channel where the US Navy abandoned the boat. Magnetometer
common three or four phase strategy to converge on a
construction projects. Therefore, a strategy to aid cultural
demonstrates the importance of a geoscience strategy and the
derived from experience. Archival information suggested the
Eastport relied on an engineering geologic approach.
engineering stages into a decision tree. Objective
evaluated, protected and preserved. These requirements have
excavation design needed to test the vessels for nomination
for CRM was developed by modifying engineering geological
for the phases of CRM. Improved archaeological
Geomorphic analyses determined the location of the 1864
Geotechniques evaluated the choices for a conceptual
interpretations of context and significance are possible
Laws mandate that cultural resources be identified,
location of the gunboat. The subsequent search for the USS
money by reducing redundant and fragmented efforts as the
need for an interdisciplinary team for CRM. The geoscience
provenance. Interdisciplinary cooperation will save time and
redefine the problem. The geoscience strategy to assist CRM
remains of two boats believed to be the USS Eastport and Dix.
resource management (CRM) is needed. A geoscience strategy
resources has caused time consuming and costly delays in
risks and costs. If not, the solution is: no action or to
River came from literature review. The third, USS F,astport,
scientific inquiry and assessment are the center of the
solution. Adapting the approaches led to a geoscience
strategy is efffective because it offers a geologic framework
strategy that combined the mandated CRM phases with
strategy tree. Decisions are made by managers based on
surveys revealed strong dipolar anomalies in the area of the
team converges on a common solution.
The first two, an unnamed British merchant vessel found in
the York River, and the Bertrand buried along the Missouri
through the phases and stages if benefits are greater than
to the National Register of Historic Places. This research
was examined for three shipwrecks in alluvial environments.
Item Description:"Major subject: Geology".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 102 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.