Since the early 1960s, a group of dedicated archaeologists, with a love for the sea and scuba diving, has given birth, nourished, and raised underwater investigation to a science. Utilizing the same type of concepts and techniques as field archaeologists, including painstaking application of patience, scientific method, measurement, photography, sketches, and recovery, they have been able to retrieve and reconstruct ancient vessels and their cargoes. It is the purpose of this book to bring together the science of marine archaeology to the needs of police agencies that have the responsibility for providing law enforcement on waterways. Much evidence is lost, unrecognized, or mishandled and rendered unusable at time of trial because of improper handling during the underwater recovery process. This text provides the scientific alternative to what is presently being done. Topics include legal liability and the underwater process, the underwater crime scene, the underwater recovery team, boat searches and patterns, temporal and geographical plotting of evidence, underwater excavation, handling evidence, medicolegal aspects of underwater death, and using recovered evidence in the courtroom

by Ronald F. Becker

Springfield, Ill.: Thomas

United States, United States of America

Thomas books, Springfield, Ill, ©1995

Springfield, Ill, Illinois, 1995

Springfield, Ill, c1995

October 1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

By Ronald F. Becker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

xvii, 129 p. : 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2024-07-01