Nautical News

Summary of 2008 work in Lake Erie, including work done by former and current TAMU students.

Cambodia seeks help to help bring up 15th or 16th century shipwreck.

Searching for underwater treasures - Ancient wrecks being hunted in once forbidden sea off Albania Ionian Sea shipwrecks.

Divers discover remains of the bark Trajan in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island

Construction workers in Buenos Aires find remains of an 18th-century ship:
BBC
Yahoo
The Guardian

Mystery of the sunken 'Mardi Gras' intrigues Aggie researchers
Local article on CMAC's excavation of the Mardi Gras shipwreck.

Unique Archaeological Discovery In Balkans: World's First Illyrian Trading Post Found

The Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University welcomes you to our website.

Here you will find links to information about our available academic classes, application procedures, and about various faculty, research projects, and laboratories. You can also visit the site of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, which is located on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station.

The Nautical Archaeology Program is a part of the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. The program was established in 1976.

Nautical archaeology is the study of the remains of boats and ships and the cultures that created and used them. The program therefore focuses on the history of wooden ship construction, seafaring through the ages, maritime commerce, cargoes, and ports, and the techniques used to record, analyze and conserve the material remains of these activities. Please check the faculty web pages for summaries of current research interests.

Students and faculty of the Nautical Archaeology Program conduct underwater archaeological research in conjunction with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology in various regions of the world, delving into time periods from prehistory to the recent past, and working with a plethora of societies and cultures. Students attending the program work in the classroom as well as in the field, and are encouraged to pursue individual projects that will help direct nautical archaeology's future.

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Last updated: Thursday, 15-Jan-2009 14:32:20 CST