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Webinar No.11: 24th November 2021

Aviation Heritage Underwater – Archaeological Site Formation Processes and Other Considerations

Speaker: Hunter W. Whitehead, Principal Marine Archaeologist at Coastal Environments, Inc, USA

The study of sunken historic aircraft has become a prominent sub-discipline of underwater archaeology over the past several decades. Internationally, archaeologists and heritage managers have approached sunken historic aircraft with distinctive evaluation and preservation practices. Some have expanded upon and altered Keith Muckelroy’s shipwreck site formation processes model to better fit the unique depositional phases of sunken aircraft.

This presentation will draw from Muckelroy’s model and apply observations from the recent investigations of a Bell P-39Q Airacobra in Lake Huron, Michigan and the ongoing survey of submerged naval aircraft off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Initial site interpretations will be discussed, along with a comparison of natural and cultural factors affecting each site.

The series is supported by the Honor Frost Foundation