Remote-Sensing Cultural Resources Survey of the Houma Navigation Canal, Dredge Island Creation Project, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Abstract

In June 2000, a cultural resources, remote-sensing survey was conducted of an approximately 450-acre area located adjacent to the Houma Navigation Canal in Terrebonne Bay in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. This area has been selected for the construction of an artificial island habitat using shoal material removed from the adjacent Houma navigation Canal. The survey was conducted to locate and assess significant historic shipwrecks or other underwater cultural resources that may exist in the project area. The remote-sensing survey used a fathometer, a cesium magnetometer and a side-scan sonar and relied on differential OPS positioning. A number of small side-scan sonar targets and magnetic anomalies were recorded during the survey. All of these objects are believed to be modern trash and debris; none are considered to represent significant cultural remains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391642

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Pearson

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Cultural Resources
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Geography
  • Louisiana
  • Magnetometers
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • North America
  • Recreation
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ridges
  • Scalar Magnetometers
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • United States
  • Vegetables

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