The Confederate Shipwrecks at Bayport

[flagold]

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-237102

 

[ivan salis]

ah the state archies are "re finding" already found wrecks ain't that "special" --once done they will most likely declare the area off limits to prevent anyone else finding more wrecks like this guy did.

 

[itmaiden]

The State and Federal governments are interested in wrecks both for the revenue and for anything of "historical significance".

However reviewing a government document the other day, this is what I found:

7 .0 RECOMMENDATIONS 7 .1 THE MANAGEMENT OF ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON THECONTINENTAL SHELF 7 .1 .1 IntroductionThe first step in planning for the management of archeological resources in a given area is to recognize that they must be dealt with as a total resource base rather than simply as isolated sites (McGimseyand Davis, 1977) . Management planning is then directed toward the protection of that resource base within practical and legal constraints .One policy statement, in particular, provides a sequential outline of goals for cultural resources management : Executive Order No . 11593 .In accordance with this order, three such goals must be achieved by cultural resources management : 1) identification of the resources ; 2)protection of the resources ; and 3) enhancement of the resources .Identification of resources must obviously take place before the other two goals can be achieved . Protection of significant resources is mandated by several policy documents that draw on the mandate provided by Congress in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 . Enhancementis aimed at a greater public appreciation of the resources and the realization of their scientific value . For examples of the use of this outline in resource management planning, see T . Thompson (1977) andGardner and Thompson (1978) .


Now also in the same document it talks about archaeology versus Oil drilling or the laying of pipelines. The government states that in those particular cases it will depend on "mitigation". The gov't will determine the value of importance of the site along with it's "value" versus "costs" to salvage and recover and weigh that against mitigation. Which I interpret as "if the oil companies are willing to pay enough money, the government will overlook any violation of archaelogical sites".

itmaiden

ah the state archies are "re finding" already found wrecks ain't that "special" --once done they will most likely declare the area off limits to prevent anyone else finding more wrecks like this guy did.

 

[ivan salis]

in plain english --- its all about the $$$$$ how do "they" get "paid" off best ?