Archaeological Excavation of the Mardi Gras Shipwreck (16GMO1), Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope

摘要

The Mardi Gras Shipwreck Site (16GM01), located off the coast of Louisiana in approximately 4000 feet (1220 m) of water, is the remains of an approximately 50-feet (15.2-m) vessel that wrecked circa 1815. The site was discovered during a preconstruction survey of the Mardi Gras Pipeline System, owned and operated by Okeanos Gas Gathering Company (OGGC). The Texas A&M Oceanography Department and Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation, under contract with OGGC, conducted an archaeological data recovery program at the site between 21 May and 7 June 2007. The goals of the data recovery were to record the exposed remains of the shipwreck and to recover sufficient artifacts and features to reduce the visibility of the site.