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Sedimentary Studies of Prehistoric Archaeological Sites: Criteria for the Identification of Submerged Archaeological Sites of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf.

PB88178017

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Gagliano, S. M.; Pearson, C. E.; Weinstein, R. A.; Wiseman, D. E.; McClendon, C. M.
Page Count	128
Abstract	Extraction of mineral resources on the continental shelf has brought a need for practical techniques to identify submerged prehistoric archeological sites. The study was undertaken to design criteria for cultural site identification based on conventional bottom sediment sampling instruments and analyses subsequent to initial reconnaissance of an area by subbottom profiling, side scan sonar, or bathymetry. Using terrestrial sites as analogues for submerged sites, undisturbed box core samples were obtained from on and near known archeological sites located in four major subaerial geomorphic settings. These cores were analyzed using a program of sedimentological and geochemical techniques. Specific technical criteria were arrived at for distinguishing cultural from non-cultural sediment and a decision tree was proposed for identifying submerged prehistoric archeological sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico sedimentary province.
Keywords	Archaeology Mineral ores Continental shelves Sites Identifying Sonar Bathymetry Sediments Mexico Gulf Maps Extraction Reefs Historic preservation
Source Agency	National Park Service
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 47E - Marine Geophysics & Geology 47F - Oceanographic Vessels, Instruments, & Platforms
Corporate Authors	Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA.; National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Preservation planning series,
NTIS Issue Number	198811
Contract Number	NPS-C35003(79)

Sedimentary Studies of Prehistoric Archaeological Sites: Criteria for the Identification of Submerged Archaeological Sites of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf.

Sedimentary Studies of Prehistoric Archaeological Sites: Criteria for the Identification of Submerged Archaeological Sites of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf.
PB88178017

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Gagliano, S. M.; Pearson, C. E.; Weinstein, R. A.; Wiseman, D. E.; McClendon, C. M.
Page Count	128
Abstract	Extraction of mineral resources on the continental shelf has brought a need for practical techniques to identify submerged prehistoric archeological sites. The study was undertaken to design criteria for cultural site identification based on conventional bottom sediment sampling instruments and analyses subsequent to initial reconnaissance of an area by subbottom profiling, side scan sonar, or bathymetry. Using terrestrial sites as analogues for submerged sites, undisturbed box core samples were obtained from on and near known archeological sites located in four major subaerial geomorphic settings. These cores were analyzed using a program of sedimentological and geochemical techniques. Specific technical criteria were arrived at for distinguishing cultural from non-cultural sediment and a decision tree was proposed for identifying submerged prehistoric archeological sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico sedimentary province.
Keywords	Archaeology Mineral ores Continental shelves Sites Identifying Sonar Bathymetry Sediments Mexico Gulf Maps Extraction Reefs Historic preservation
Source Agency	National Park Service
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 47E - Marine Geophysics & Geology 47F - Oceanographic Vessels, Instruments, & Platforms
Corporate Authors	Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA.; National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Preservation planning series,
NTIS Issue Number	198811
Contract Number	NPS-C35003(79)