The Archaeology Channel has a new video up, this one from the Georgia Department of Transportation, on recent investigations searching for a 19th century side-wheel steamer called the USS Water Witch. A Union ship captured in 1864 by confederate forces, the Water Witch was scuttled in Georgia’s Vernon River to prevent its recapture. The 18 minute Water Witch video documents the ship’s rediscovery by remote sensing during an archaeological survey by the Georgia Department of Transportation ahead of a bridge construction project.
Video Catalog at The Archaeology Channel. Scroll down the page to the Water Witch video, and be sure set your browser to allow popups.
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Watching this reminded me of the discovery of the Civil War submarine, U.S.S. Hunley.
I was wondering what you thought of the involvement of groups like Clive Cussler’s N.U.M.A. (not the treasure hunter breed, God Forbid), and their effect on undersea archaeology?
It seems like it would be quite a different methodology required.
Are there such specialties being taught in your field that allows one to decipher an underwater site?
How exciting!