The Texas Historical Commission (THC) is preparing to conduct archeological investigations at Pass Cavallo to search for the encampment and abandoned shipwrecks associated with Louis Michel Aury’s occupation of Matagorda in May and June of 1817. With Galveston Island, Matagorda served as the revolutionary headquarters of the Republic of Mexico from 1816–1817, with Aury as governor, during the Mexican War for Independence. The underwater archeological survey of 4,113 acres, under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 32185, will be accomplished as two stages: a traditional remote-sensing survey with the agency’s 25-ft. SeaArk VC Commander Anomaly II and as a micro-shallow water survey using an autonomous survey vessel (ASV). This request for proposal (RFP) covers the traditional underwater archeological survey for which the THC Marine Archeology Program is seeking a remotesensing survey specialist to assist with the data acquisition on board Anomaly II. This task includes post-processing and interpretation of field data.
