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The obvious and necessary starting point for this paper is an explanation of how I am qualified to write it. To begin, I am not an underwater archaeologist. Instead, I am the principal historical archaeologist for the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation Office, also known as the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (DHR). As the DHR’s historical archaeologist I have been assigned several tasks related to underwater archaeology, and the experience I have gained from these activities is the basis for much of what I have to say in this paper.
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Potter, P.B. (1998). An Envelope Full of Questions That Count in Underwater Archaeology. In: Babits, L.E., Van Tilburg, H. (eds) Maritime Archaeology. The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0084-5_45
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