CSS Alabama Methodology Gallery

• Historical Background
• Methodology
• Findings
• Credits and Bibliography
• Excavation Video
• About

• 
• Introduction
• Identifying the Wreck
• Negotiations
• Objectives for Year 2000
• Methods for Year 2000
• Raising a Cannon
• Results for Year 2000
• Objectives for Year 2001
• Methods for Year 2001
• Results for Year 2001
• Ceramics
• Objectives for Year 2002
• Methods for Year 2002
• Results for Year 2002

A member of the American dive team prepares for work in 200 feet of water.

Methodology Introduction

The wreck of the CSS Alabama was discovered off the coast of France in 1984. Five years later teams of archaeologists from the United States began to collaborate with groups in France to undertake archaeological surveys of the ship. Survey and recovery techniques changed from year to year as some goals were realized and others thwarted.