{"id":2505,"date":"2015-03-18T20:33:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T20:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cool.conservation-us.org\/cool\/osg\/?page_id=2505"},"modified":"2020-04-21T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:21:34","slug":"mardikian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/v15\/mardikian\/","title":{"rendered":"So now we have a submarine to conserve: What do we do? A story of collaboration on the H.L. Hunley project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Paul Mardikian and&nbsp;Robert S. Neyland<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p>Nearly 140 years after its historic naval engagement with the Union sloop-of-war USS&nbsp;<i>Housatonic<\/i>, the American Civil War submarine&nbsp;<i>H.L. Hunley<\/i>&nbsp;(1864) was successfully raised from the Atlantic Ocean in August 2000. In 2001, a multi-disciplinary team composed of archaeologists, conservators and forensic anthropologists excavated the crew compartment and uncovered the remains of the ill-fated crew along with numerous artifacts and personal belongings. Because of its size, provenience and composite nature,&nbsp;<i>H.L Hunley<\/i>&nbsp;represents a particularly unique case within the discipline of archaeological conservation. Over the years, this challenging project has become a great opportunity to learn and go beyond the boundaries of conventional academic disciplines. This article will outline the rewarding collaborative research efforts established with a wide variety of national and international institutions and individuals to ensure the long-term preservation of this vessel and associated artifacts. It will also discuss the critical role played by the non-scientists including politicians, federal and state managers, private sector entrepreneurs, and the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/postprints\/v15\/\">2008 | Denver | Volume 15<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mardikian and&nbsp;Robert S. Neyland Abstract Nearly 140 years after its historic naval engagement with the Union sloop-of-war USS&nbsp;Housatonic, the American Civil War submarine&nbsp;H.L. Hunley&nbsp;(1864) was successfully raised from the Atlantic Ocean in August 2000. In 2001, a multi-disciplinary team composed of archaeologists, conservators and forensic anthropologists excavated the crew compartment and uncovered the remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2505","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2505\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}