>>I attended the Atocha exhibit in Austin and there was NO charge. It was at
>Joe Koen and Sons Jewelry Store. I detect a bit of mis-information in the
>air. I wonder where these artifacts would be if some where not for sale;
>probably still under water and unseen by anyone.
>
Or in a viable archaeological context for further study. We cannot begin to
assess the loss of information from the initial "salvage" of such wrecks,
but based on the changes in such projects since the adoption of
archaeological recording procedures, we can infer a great deal of
information loss.
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