This archaeologist as oil spill boom raises an anchor of the 19th century

Published: Monday, October 25, 2010, 6: 30 P.m.

When an oil boom hanging accidentally lost pass an anchor of the 19th century, last month, Doug Wilson was on the dock when the anchor has been unloaded.

An archaeologist at the Fort Vancouver National historic Preserve, Wilson was a stay of two weeks at the joint command BP's oil spill crisis helps protect historic sites in the Gulf of the Mexico and the plages.Comme an archaeologist with expertise in the remains of the secession war, he wanted to see the anchor point.

Maritime archaeologists said determined that it was a 19th century folding stock anchor who probably earlier in the war of secession.

Because of its size, Wilson said it was probably a smaller boat as a schooner.

The anchor was presented to the Alabama historical Commission said Wilson.

Had the captain of the ship followed "Protocol", Wilson, "anchors should have been left in place and documented," not transported back to the shore, he said. "If necessary, send us people under water for artifacts.?

The spill was the first incident deployment Wilson.

"In the National Park Service we generally knock fire," Wilson said in an interview from Portland (Oregon)

His work on the Gulf Coast helped protect shipwreck, the relics of the war and the native shell midden mounds that line the Mexico Gulf and other waters.

During his two-week stay, Wilson said that he drawn locations of historic land and underwater cleaning workers could avoid these areas.

Wilson is now passing on some of his experiences with the students in her class of cultural resource management oil spill.

It is also reflect on his trip to the Gulf Coast to help during a period of crisis.

"The magnitude of the incident and its importance to the American people makes it very important to me," said Wilson.

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