North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Abstract/Summary:
Project Name: Shipwreck Capitana, FL;
Reference: Clausen, C.J. (1966). The Proton Magnetometer: Its Use in Plotting the Distribution of the Ferrous Components of a Shipwreck Site as an Aid to Archeological Interpretation. Florida Anthropologist 19(2):77-84 (used with permission).
During the summer months of 1965, a commercial salvage company working under a state-issued salvage lease utilized a privately developed and technically advanced proton-type magnetometer to systematically survey and chart the distribution of ferrous components of an historical shipwreck off the Florida East Coast. This paper will report on this new marine application of the magnetometer as a potentially useful interpretive tool for the archeologist interested in underwater historical sites.