An Empty Graveyard: The Victims of the 1946 AOA DC-4 Crash, Their Final Resting Place, and Dark Tourism
In 2013, archaeologists succeeded in locating a plane crash that had been presumed buried based on local stories. The aircraft had crashed into a steep hill, subsequently known as Crash Hill. On the summit is a deteriorated memorial which resembles a cemetery, marking the thirty-nine people who died...
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ftjasarqueologia:oai:ojs.revistas.jasarqueologia.es:article/166 2023-05-15T17:22:20+02:00 An Empty Graveyard: The Victims of the 1946 AOA DC-4 Crash, Their Final Resting Place, and Dark Tourism Daly, Lisa Michelle Howard Williams Lorna Richardson 2018-10-12 application/pdf http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/APJournal/article/view/166 https://doi.org/10.23914/ap.v8i2.166 eng eng JAS Arqueología http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/APJournal/article/view/166/171 http://revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/APJournal/article/view/166 doi:10.23914/ap.v8i2.166 Copyright (c) 2018 Lisa Michelle Daly http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 CC-BY-NC-SA AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology; Vol. 8, Núm. 2 (2018): Special Volume 3; 79-98 2171-6315 10.23914/ap.v8i2 aviation archaeology dark tourism aviation history Newfoundland and Labrador info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftjasarqueologia https://doi.org/10.23914/ap.v8i2.166 https://doi.org/10.23914/ap.v8i2 2022-09-28T06:32:09Z In 2013, archaeologists succeeded in locating a plane crash that had been presumed buried based on local stories. The aircraft had crashed into a steep hill, subsequently known as Crash Hill. On the summit is a deteriorated memorial which resembles a cemetery, marking the thirty-nine people who died in the 1946 tragedy. This memorial has been a spot of pilgrimage for family and an attraction for adventure seekers. This draw to dark tourism sites is not uncommon but since archaeologists shared their finds with the public through social and local media, many of those visitors are drawn to the crash site instead of the memorial. This is a problem as there are possibly mass graves at the crash site, and visitation can potentially disturb those remains. This article argues for caution when discussing finds publically and for the repair and restoration of the memorial at the top of the hill to fill the want to visit a site of tragedy without disturbing the actual crash site. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Revistas de JAS Arqueología Newfoundland AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology 8 2 79 |
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In 2013, archaeologists succeeded in locating a plane crash that had been presumed buried based on local stories. The aircraft had crashed into a steep hill, subsequently known as Crash Hill. On the summit is a deteriorated memorial which resembles a cemetery, marking the thirty-nine people who died in the 1946 tragedy. This memorial has been a spot of pilgrimage for family and an attraction for adventure seekers. This draw to dark tourism sites is not uncommon but since archaeologists shared their finds with the public through social and local media, many of those visitors are drawn to the crash site instead of the memorial. This is a problem as there are possibly mass graves at the crash site, and visitation can potentially disturb those remains. This article argues for caution when discussing finds publically and for the repair and restoration of the memorial at the top of the hill to fill the want to visit a site of tragedy without disturbing the actual crash site. |
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An Empty Graveyard: The Victims of the 1946 AOA DC-4 Crash, Their Final Resting Place, and Dark Tourism |
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