More on protecting Gulf Coast underwater cultural heritage

As a follow-up to the previous post on archaeologist Doug Wilson's efforts to manage underwater cultural heritage on the Gulf Coast, Vancouver, Washington newspaper The Columbian included a brief mention of this work earlier this week, along with a photo showing a newly-discovered anchor, which will be left in a (relatively) anaerobic underwater environment to protect it from oxygen, which can accelerate corrosion in waterlogged metal artifacts.