Laurinda Joenks
Staff writer
Grid by grid. Line by line. Experts in geophysical remote-sensing crisscrossed nearly every meter, every centimeter, of the Leetown hamlet and adjacent cemetery site at Pea Ridge National Military Park. Roughly 30 archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and researchers from around the state, nation and world came to the park for a workshop in the latest technology, presented May 15-19 by the Midwest Archeological Center of the National Park Service in Lincoln, Neb.
By land or by sea
Daniel Koski-Karell, a historic and cultural resource specialist (an archaeologist) with the U.S. Coast Guard's office of environmental management in Washington, D.C., might seem like a strange candidate for a workshop based on hard ground.
"The Coast Guard owns a lot of land property, such as boat houses, air stations and training centers," Koski-Karell explained. "And every time the Coast Guard enters a construction project -- which includes updating utilities, installing pipelines or building a hangar -- it must complete a preconstruction investigation."
Many of the older stations now must be renovated to include quarters for females, he added.
"My work also covers architecture and architectural history," he said. "The Coast Guard owns several hundred lighthouses -- 50 or 60 of which are listed on the national historic register." Part of Koski-Karell's job includes completing the paperwork for nominations to that National Register of Historic Places.
"And we have Coast Guard stations up and down the Great Lakes region that were built more
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