George R. Schwarz
 
PO Box 5844                                                                                                                                                                                                                     979 575 3632
Bryan, TX 77802                                                                                                                                                                                                 schwarz@tamu.edu
 
CITIZENSHIP:
 
USA
 
RESEARCH 
INTERESTS:
 
Iberian Seafaring, Nautical Books and Treatises,
North American Maritime Archaeology,  Mesoamerican
Archaeology, Lithic Technology
 
EDUCATION:
 
Northern Kentucky University 1995
University of Arizona 1997
University of Cincinnati 1998-2003
     B.A. Cum Laude Anthropology
     Minor in Spanish
Texas A&M University 2003-
     M.A. Anthropology, Specialization in 
     Nautical Archaeology (in progress)
 
GRANTS AND 
AWARDS:
 
Ohio Educational Grant 2000-2003
INA Scholarship 2003
Bill McCord Scholarship 2004
Private Travel Grant Portugal 2005
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento-
     Instituto Arquivo/Torre do Tombo Research
     Grant Portugal 2005
 
FIELDWORK/
RESEARCH 
PROJECTS:
 
Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance 
Project 2000
     Terrestrial Excavation, Recording, Cave 
     Reconnaissance and Excavation
Takashima Island, Japan-Recovering the Timbers 
of Kubilia Khan's Fleet 2004
     Diving, Excavation, Timber/Artifact
     Recording and Cataloguing
Red River Steamboat Wreck, Oklahoma 2004-2005
     Divemaster (late 2004 season),Archaeologist
Archival Research in Lisbon, Portugal 2005
     Researching, translating, and interpreting 
     16th-and 17th-century Portuguese texts 
     refering to ships,shipbuilding, and other 
     maritime activities during this period 
    (thesis research)
 
OTHER 
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
WORK:
 
Conservation of artifacts from Port Royal, Jamaica 
     (from 1692 earthquake that destroyed the town)  
      as a Research Assitant at Texas A&M University.
Currently conserving various artifacts stored at 
     the Conservation Research Lab, Riverside Campus,
     Texas A&M University
 
SPECIALTIES:
 

Archaeological Digital Imaging
Photography/Darkroom
PADI SCUBA Assistant Instructor
NOAA Affiliated Scientific Diver
Translation

ADDITIONAL
lANGUAGES:
 
Spanish
Portuguese
German (reading)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
 
SHA 2006:Caravels: What About Them?
     A general survey of the available information about these ancient 
     ships of discovery, as well as interpretation of archaeological 
     evidence and historical documentation. Examination of the various
     lines of evidence researchers can investigate in order to obtain
     a clearer picture of the caravel and its historical significance.
     Presentation by George Schwarz, Sacramento, California, Jan 2006.


Centre for Portuguese Nautical Studies: Iberian Nautical Treatises and Shipwrights of 
16th and 17th Century Portugal
     An overview of the extant nautical treatises from post-medieval
     Portugal, as well as a discussion about the extraordinary men who
     composed these instructional doctrines. Presentation by George 
     Schwarz, Aug 2006, Mossel Bay, South Africa.

 

 








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