Piotr Bojakowski
Assistant Professor
Director, Steffy Ship Reconstruction Lab
Sara W. & George O. Yamini Professor of Nautical Archaeology
Assistant Professor
Worked at TAMU from 2022-present
Bio
Dr. Bojakowski earned his PhD in Anthropology in 2012 and joined Texas A&M University’s Anthropology Department in 2022. He specializes in early modern nautical and underwater archaeology, shipbuilding and hull reconstruction, material culture studies through artifacts, and the maritime history of the Atlantic World from the 16th to 18th centuries. His research incorporates GIS and remote sensing technologies, laser scanning, 3D modeling and data visualization, satellite and aerial imagery, and geophysical data acquired with drones and AUVs. Dr. Bojakowski also focuses on historical and conflict archaeology related to battlefields, both underwater and terrestrial, particularly those associated with unaccounted-for US service members. He has participated in over thirty surveys, excavations, and field research projects across Northern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, North America, and Southeast Asia. He directs the J. Richard Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory, a premier research facility within Texas A&M’s Nautical Archaeology Program.
Selected Publications
- P. Bojakowski, A. Sarathi, R. O. Palomino Berrocal, A. Khamis Ali, H. Othman, and B. Othman, “Mtepe: Documentation and Analysis of a Sewn-boat Reconstruction from Zanzibar, Tanzania,” African Archaeological Review 41.1 (2024), 139-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09577-6
- P. Bojakowski and R. O. Palomino Berrocal, “Post-excavation recording and 3D modeling in ship reconstruction: A case study of the Western Ledge Reef Wreck,” Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 31 (2023). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2023.e00297
- P. Bojakowski and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “Warwick: An interim report on artefact assemblage recovered from the early 17th-century English ship, Castle Harbour, Bermuda,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 52.2 (2023), 336-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2023.2224014
- P. Bojakowski and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “The Warwick: a final report on the excavation of the early 17th-century English shipwreck; Castle Harbour, Bermuda,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 46.2 (2017), 284-302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12263
- P. Bojakowski, K. Custer-Bojakowski, and P. Naughton, “A Comparison Between Structure from Motion and Direct Survey Methodologies on the Warwick,” Journal of Maritime Archaeology 10.2 (2015), 159-180.
- P. Bojakowski, “The Western Ledge Reef Wreck: continuing research on the late 16th-/early 17th-century Iberian shipwreck from Bermuda,” Post-Medieval Archaeology 45.1 (2011), 18-40.
- P. Bojakowski and K. Custer-Bojakowski, “The Warwick: results of the survey of an early 17th-century Virginia Company ship,” Post-Medieval Archaeology 45.1 (2011), 41-53.
- P. Bojakowski, “The Santa Lucia: Research into the Identity of the 16th-Century Western Ledge Reef Wreck, Bermuda.” In ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings, edited by E. Laanela and J. Moore (An Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology, 2009), 227-234.
- K. Custer-Bojakowski and P. Bojakowski, “The Warwick Project: New Archaeological Research on a 17th-Century English Galleon.” In ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings, edited by E. Laanela and J. Moore (An Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology, 2009), 235-240.
- P. Bojakowski, “Venetian Nave Latina: The History and Rigging Reconstruction of a Thirteenth-Fourteenth Century Two-Masted Lateener.” Nautical Research Journal 52.4 (2007), 195-203.
Courses Taught
- ANTH 313: Historical Archaeology
- ANTH 418: Romans, Arabs, and Vikings- Mediterranean Seafaring during the early Christian Era
- ANTH 420: Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders
- ANTH 330: Field Research in Anthropology
- ANTH 489: Applied Maritime Archaeology
- ANTH 605: Conservation of Archaeological Resources I
- ANTH 616: Research and Reconstruction of Ships
- ANTH 689: Applied Maritime Archaeology
Students Supervised
- Brandon Lentz (2024) – MS
