Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Quicksands Archaeological Survey
Past Expedition
Overview
Archaeologists and ecologists from the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), with funding support from NOAA Ocean Exploration, conducted an exploratory marine archaeological remote sensing and diving survey to locate and characterize archaeological sites within an area of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) known as the “Quicksands,” located west of Key West, Florida. The project team boarded the research vessel M/V Makai on June 14, 2021, and departed for the survey area approximately 30 miles from Key West, where they conducted research until June 27.
Features
From June 14 to 27, 2021, a multidisciplinary team carried out a remote sensing and diving survey to locate and characterize archaeological sites west of Key West, Florida, in an area within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) known as the “Quicksands.”
July 21, 2022
Captains failing to recognize the shoals extending from the Marquesas Keys towards the Dry Tortugas found themselves wrecked in the area nicknamed the “Quicksands.”
July 11, 2021
Archaeologists and ecologists from NOAA ONMS and the University of Miami’s RSMAS, with funding support from NOAA Ocean Exploration, are conducting an exploratory marine archaeological remote sensing and diving survey to locate and characterize archaeological sites within an area of FKNMS known as the “Quicksands,” located west of Key West, Florida.
July 11, 2021
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The Quicksands Archaeological Survey team will employ two distinct photographic techniques to document the archaeological sites in the project area: multi-image photogrammetry and 360֯-degree panoramic imaging.
June 8, 2021
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