North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
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Project Name: Ouachita River Shipwrecks, AR;
Reference: Pearson, C.E., and A.R. Saltus (1993). Underwater Archaeology on the Ouachita River, Arkansas: The Search for the Chieftan, Haydee, and Homer. Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Pearson, C.E., A.R. Saltus, and J.P. Whelan. (1987). Magnetometer Survey of Five Reported Shipwreck Locations in the Calion Pool, Ouachita River, Arkansas. Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Upriver portion of the Chieftain wreck area showing contoured magnetic data.
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