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--- Eduard Reinhardt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 09:22:57 -0400
> From: Eduard Reinhardt <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: underwater dredging
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Conducting a geophysical and vibracorer survey would
> allow
> paleoenvironmental information to be collected.
> This could give depths
> of sediment packages, types of environments and the
> probability of
> finding cultural deposits. Without this basic
> information, you are
> approaching this totally blind.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 09:04 AM, Lighthouse
> Archaeological wrote:
>
> > --- John R Hyett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 22:15:34 +1000
> >> From: John R Hyett <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: underwater dredging
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> Our company is involved in assessing the
> >> archaeology, both historic and pre-contact, in a
> >> proposed project to deepen and widen the shipping
> >> channel in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne,
> Australia.
> >> The main shipping channel is the course of the
> >> Pleistocene Yarra River, submerged when the
> rising
> >> sea waters at the end of the Pleistocene cut the
> >> land bridge between mainland Australia and
> Tasmania.
> >> We are interested in the possibilities of
> recovering
> >> both historic and pre-contact artifacts from the
> >> material dredged from the sea floor. We are
> seeking
> >> information on similar projects that have
> occurred
> >> any where else in the world with emphasis on the
> >> techniques used to recover artifacts and the
> >> likelihood of actually finding anything. We
> believe
> >> that similar techniques may have been used in
> >> recovering dinosaur bones from the North Sea. Any
> >> information would be greatly appreciated. Of
> course
> >> all those wishing to dive to that depth and
> excavate
> >> with a trowel are welcome to put their names
> forward
> >> :-)
> >> John Hyett
> >> TerraCulture Pty Ltd
> >> 1/490 High Street
> >> Northcote 3070
> >> Australia
> >>
> >
> >
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> Dr. Eduard G. Reinhardt
> Assistant Professor
> School of Geography and Geology
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario
> Canada L8S 4K1
> 905-525-9140 ext 2759
> 905-546-0463
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