You should probably post this query to the underwater list,
SubArch.  There are certainly innumerable examples.

Also, keep in mind that every river within 100 miles of any Civil
War action, fort, camp, or other massing of troops is reputed to
have artillery pieces in it, generally seen personally by an
acquaintance of a friend or relative, who as a young child
delighted in diving from the barrel.  Now, to be certain, guns
did end up in rivers, but not near as many as the sum of all the
stories to that effect would lead you to believe.  If guns were
dumped in the river by a retreating army, chances are there are
some credible historical accounts to that fact.  Keep in mind
also that for every cannon in the creek there are bound to be
innumerable other pieces of junk.

Good luck with your search!


William B. Lees, Ph.D., RPA
Vice President, Business Development and Special Projects
CULTURAL RESOURCE ANALYSTS, INC.
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Lexington, KY  40508
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-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Dan Allen
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 6:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: EMI survey of river channels

Hello to the List:)

Can anyone on the list point me toward some published (or grey
literature) examples of electromagnetic induction surveys of
inland river channels.  To be specific, our association has been
asked to conduct an EMI survey of about one kilometer of river
channel for the purpose of identifying targets that have the
potential to be Civil War era artillery pieces thrown in the
river by retreating Confederates.  Locally, the only similar
survey is a scan of a portion of the Tennessee River for gunboats
and transports, targets much larger than ours. Has this type
project been done elsewhere?

Dan Allen
Graduate Research Assistant
The Center for Historic Preservation at
Middle Tennessee State University
and
Project Director
Cumberland Research Group, Inc.




----- Original Message -----
From: "geoff carver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: alternate source for archaeological info


> the usual apologies for cross-posting
> i keep forgetting: there are some interesting papers available
on
> archaeology at www.eolss.net - EOLSS (Encyclopaedia of Life
Supporting
> Sciences) was a project put
together
> by UNESCO - they included archaeology for some reason (cultural

> heritage conservation goes hand with environmental, methinx),
and you
> can get a 24-hour pass which should allow you time to download
the
> archaeological papers at least -
> anyway: worth checking out
>
>
> geoff carver - SUNY buffalo
>
>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://wings.buffalo.edu/~gjcarver
>