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To: MJ who wrote (373408)7/17/2010 4:23:43 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793867
 
There are a whole host of state and federal laws that may apply to the shipwreck. There is an Abandoned Shipwreck statute that puts title in the federal government of a shipwreck within 3 nautical miles of a coastline or navigable water. There are other archaeology federal laws that apply when a construction project is wholly or partially funded by federal funds. I'm sure there are a whole host of NY state laws, as well.

Usually, construction is halted while the relevant historical agency does its study. It's a whole field within archaeology called "salvage archaeology." The archaeologists in that field are looked down upon as barely better than looters, because they have to work so fast, and not very thoroughly, to get as much data as possible in as little time as possible, and much is usually destroyed in the process.
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