Settlement of the USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (original) (raw)
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Maritime Archaeology Survey Techniques (MAST) 2004 Field Report
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This is the final report for MAST 2004, the Maritime Archaeology Survey Techniques course offered through the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Six students participated in the class, listed as ANTH 381: Archaeological Field Techniques. This report is the final product prepared by the students, with final continuity editing by the instructor. The survey location was the eastern section of Shipwreck Beach on the island of Lāna`i. Shipwreck Beach is the site of a number of documented shipwrecks from the 19th century through to the present and was used as a dumping ground for outdated or worn-out military and civilian ships. During the two weeks of the on-site survey the class mapped nearly 4 miles (5.7 km) of coastline and over 170 features including large sections of wooden wreckage, disarticulated timbers and machinery. This survey continues the findings from MAST 2001 and contributes to the small but growing corpus of information concerning maritime activities in Hawaiian waters.