Submerged Cultural Resources Inventory: Portions of Point Reyes National Seashore and Point Reyes-Farrallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Field Research Results. Session 1, 1983

摘要

The overall management approach to the study of submerged cultural resources within the National Park System may be conceptualized as occurring in distinct steps; the course of research leading in a logical sequence through initial assessment, remote sensing survey of blocks of land to locate then evaluate potential resources, and then inventory of all the known submerged sites in an area. The first task of the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit at Point Reyes National Seashore was, therefore, to conduct an assessment and a Phase I reconnaissance survey; these were accomplished in 1982. The inventory process was begun in 1983 and is reported on here. The major research priorities established for the 1983 field session at Point Reyes National Seashore were: evaluation of six anomaly clusters; location and evaluation of selected known shipwreck resources, specifically MUNLEON and RICHFIELD; and location and evaluation of other (non-shipwreck) submerged cultural resources.