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  • Congratulations to our NAP Three Minute Thesis Participants!

    On November 12, two of the NAP graduate students participated as finalists in the Three Minute Thesis in the Master's Division. 

  • College Announces New Endowment Appointments

    Last month, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted the second annual Investiture Ceremony, in which three Nautical Archaeology Program faculty were recognized as recipients of endowed chairs and professorships that support their research and fieldwork.

  • Shipwreck Weekend 2024

    The Nautical Archaeology Program’s annual open house returns Saturday, April 13th! This year, we are honored to welcome Dr. Jennifer McKinnon from ECU as our guest speaker. Dr. McKinnon has a background in historical and maritime archaeology and cultural heritage management. She has worked in the US, Australia, the Pacific, and Europe on sites ranging […]

  • Public Lecture by Virginia State Underwater Archaeologist Brendan Burke

    On Wednesday, November 15, come see Virginia State Underwater Archaeologist Brendan Burke’s public lecture “A Commonwealth of Maritime Archaeology; The Underwater Archaeology Program at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.” The lecture will be from 12:20-1:30pm in Room 237 of Texas A&M’s Anthropology Building. Lunch will be provided.

  • Shipwreck Weekend Returns!

    Shipwreck Weekend is back! The Nautical Archaeology Program's annual public event has returned. This year's theme: "Embodying Seamanship: Digital and Physical Reconstructions of the Seafaring Past."

  • he naval ram project team (l-r) Christopher Dostal, Stephen DeCasien and Glenn Grieco.

    Grad Student Explores Ancient Warfare With Naval Ram Project

    Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Stephen DeCasien was invited to the site of an astounding discovery off the coast of Sicily but couldn’t go due to pandemic restrictions at the time, so he did the next best thing.

  • Chris Dostal, director of the Conservation Research Laboratory, pictured next to the submerged remains of the colonial-era shipwreck he is working to conserve.

    Aggie Archaeologists Conserving Ship From Colonial-Era Virginia

    The long-forgotten trading vessel was unearthed in Alexandria and shipped to Texas A&M for extensive study and preservation.

  • Chris Dostal starting cannon restoration

    Christopher Dostal Starts the Restoration of Bronze Cannons

    Check out this article featuring our own Dr. Chris Dostal! The Museo do Mar de Galicia launched a joint project with the CRL and INA to restore cannons discovered on shipwrecks along the Galician coast.

  • Journal of Ancient History cover image

    Stephen DeCasien Published in Journal of Ancient History

    Stephen DeCasien, a 3rd year NAP Ph.D. student, was published in the latest volume of the Journal of Ancient History! His article "Ancient Roman Naval Rams as Objects of Phallic Power" explores the political and gendered meanings of the naval ram within Roman society.

  • George Bass Book Cover for Meltem

    An Archaeological Thriller

    Did you know that NAP’s own late Dr. George Bass wrote a murder mystery? “Meltem: An Archaeological Thriller” is set along the coast of Turkey, near where some of his own groundbreaking excavations took place! The thriller, currently available in Turkish, is just the mood for Halloween!