Alcatraz was once a Costal Fort whose gun controlled the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
It only started a transition to Prison once both changing technology, IE Dreadnaughts and Battleships, and changing strategic situation rendered its status as a Fortress irrelevant. Fun fact It was a Military Prison before transitioning into a Federal Penitentiary.
So I’m not sure why it was considered a site o worth enough to drag archaeological equipment out to. When they would have known going in there was a Fortress there. And probably could have pulled the Blueprints of the Fortress if they truly wanted to.
Unless it was just to test the equipment in something approximating a real world dig site.
Alcatraz was once a Costal Fort whose gun controlled the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
It only started a transition to Prison once both changing technology, IE Dreadnaughts and Battleships, and changing strategic situation rendered its status as a Fortress irrelevant. Fun fact It was a Military Prison before transitioning into a Federal Penitentiary.
So I’m not sure why it was considered a site o worth enough to drag archaeological equipment out to. When they would have known going in there was a Fortress there. And probably could have pulled the Blueprints of the Fortress if they truly wanted to.
Unless it was just to test the equipment in something approximating a real world dig site.
Excuse to slow/stop Trump. (years of archeology SOP to slow projects / up the grift)