Phase 1B Underwater Archaeological Report for the Onondaga ...
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<strong>Phase</strong> IB <strong>Underwater</strong> <strong>Archaeological</strong> Resources <strong>Report</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Onondaga</strong> Lake Superfund Site<br />
<strong>Onondaga</strong> <strong>Phase</strong> <strong>1B</strong> Diving - 2011<br />
June 20, 2011<br />
0900 Arrive LCMM, prep <strong>for</strong> <strong>Onondaga</strong> <strong>Phase</strong> <strong>1B</strong> diving survey. Pull inflatable from North Harbor, clean and go through<br />
equipment. Multiple discussions today with ST and PAL about project logistics.<br />
0430 Depart LCMM. PAL with truck and trailer departed a bit earlier.<br />
0445 Arrive Crown Point ferry.<br />
0510 Arrive Crown Point park and ride to pick up ST.<br />
2130 Arrive Liverpool, NY. Check in hotel. End of day.<br />
June 21, 2011<br />
0600 Meet in hotel lobby: Sarah Tichonuk, Pierre LaRocque, Adam Kane.<br />
0630 Depart hotel.<br />
0645 Arrive Liverpool Marina. Gear up, set up inflatable.<br />
0700 CRE crew arrives: Chris Wright, Ship Densmore.<br />
0730 Parsons crew arrives: Kelly Miller, Dale Dolph, and Pete Petrone. Also Bob Edwards (NYSDEC).<br />
0830 Safety briefing/site orientation with entire crew. Discussion of safety procedures, boat operations, dive safety and project<br />
goals.<br />
0915 Continue to gear up <strong>for</strong> dive ops - plan will be to dive verify potential archaeological targets.<br />
1030 Done with gear prep - Lophius is loaded.<br />
1115 Lunch.<br />
1140 Depart Liverpool Marina en route to A36 <strong>for</strong> target verification.<br />
A36 1200 Arrive at A36 buoy location. AK to suit up <strong>for</strong> first dive.<br />
1247 AK into <strong>the</strong> water at A36. Water depth +/- 7’, weeds stand 2’ above <strong>the</strong> bottom. Initial search at <strong>the</strong> down line did not<br />
reveal anything. Visibility approximately 1½’. AK returned to boat to get metal detector. Anomaly was located in about 2<br />
minutes of metal detecting. Anomaly source was an isolated 10’ length of wire rope.<br />
1258 AK out of <strong>the</strong> water.<br />
1305 Depart A36 <strong>for</strong> A34.<br />
A34 1325 AK into <strong>the</strong> water at A34. Located a rock mound near A12 (Spud barge). The extent of <strong>the</strong> mound was recorded with 4 GPS<br />
points. The anomaly consists of a pile of stones-varying sizes from baseball to basketball size. In <strong>the</strong> middle, <strong>the</strong> mound<br />
stood 1’ to 1½’ above <strong>the</strong> surrounding bottom tapering at <strong>the</strong> edges. Metal detecting in <strong>the</strong> mound located several iron<br />
artifacts including a 2’ long section of iron railroad rail and an unidentified iron circular object. The site conditions were<br />
marginal with 1’ visibility and moderate aquatic vegetation, making documentation more difficult. The mound is cultural in<br />
origin, most likely <strong>the</strong> result of a barge clearing its deck load. Looked extensively <strong>for</strong> any evidence of wooden structure<br />
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