Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield: H. L. Hunley and USS Housatonic |
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Authors: | David L Conlin Matthew A Russell |
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Institution: | National Park Service, Submerged Resources Center, 2968 Rodeo Park Drive West, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA |
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Abstract: | The American Civil War shipwrecks H. L. Hunley and USS Housatonic have been the focus of intensive archaeological investigations since the discovery of Hunley in 1995. H. L. Hunley , the world's first successful combat submarine, sank the Union blockader USS Housatonic in 1864, but sank immediately afterwards. In work done prior to the recovery of Hunley in 2000, site-formation processes for both vessels were a primary research focus—a necessary precursor to identifying battlefield behaviour. This paper presents research on the Hunley / Housatonic Naval Engagement Site, where both wrecks are treated as complementary components of a single battlefield site. © 2006 The Authors |
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Keywords: | Submarine American Civil War battlefield archaeology site-formation processes |
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