"Like a medical ultrasound, interpreting can be difficult," said Jack Irion, of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. "This case is the same way. You can't tell if it's an historic shipwreck or just a pile of stuff."
Date: Jul 26, 2013
Category: U.S.
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Artifacts from 200-year-old shipwreck dock in Galveston
During their week-long trip on the Nautilus, the researchers also visited two other shipwrecks within about five miles of the primary one and conducted the first remote video surveys of those sites, said Jack Irion, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
he copper-hulled ship, which archaeologists think probably dates from the early 1800s. This wreck is from a period very critical to the history of the Gulf of Mexico, said Jack Irion, a maritime archeologist with the federal Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, a partner in the expedition. He sa
"When we saw it we were all just astonished because it was beautifully preserved, and by that I mean for a 200-year-old shipwreck," said Jack Irion, maritime archaeologist with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in New Orleans.
Date: May 18, 2012
Category: Business
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NOAA, BOEM: Historic, 19th century shipwreck discovered in northern Gulf of Mexico
Artifacts in and around the wreck and the hulls copper sheathing may date the vessel to the early to mid-19th century, said Jack Irion, Ph.D., a maritime archaeologist with BOEM. Some of the more datable objects include what appears to be a type of ceramic plate that was popular between 1800
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