SPECIAL INTERESTS: Nautical Archaeology, Medieval Middle Eastern  History, Classical Archaeology  

THESIS:       The Wooden Anchor  
DISSERTATION: Arab Ships and Seamanship, A.D. 570-750  

EDUCATION:  

Ph.D.     1999   History, University of Texas (expected)  
M.A.      1984   Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology), Texas A&M University  
B.A.       1980   Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Hampshire College  

Special Programs:  
               1988-89      Arabic, (Center for Arabic Study Abroad), The American  
                                  University in Cairo  
               1987           Arabic, Middlebury College (Summer)  
               1982           Arabic, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International  
                                  Study (Summer)  
  
EMPLOYMENT:  
  Institute of Nautical Archaeology  
                1994- Director, INA-Egypt  

  University of Texas  
                 1989-92               Teaching Assistant, Department of History  
                 1986                     Grader, Medieval Civilization, Department of  History  

  Texas A&M University  
                 1984                    Graduate research assistant to George F. Bass  
                 1983                    Graduate research assistant to F.H. van Doorninck  
                 1982                    Graduate research assistant to D.L. Hamilton  

  Consulting  
                 1992-                   Research Associate, Institute of Nautical Archaeology  
                 1991                    Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Syrian coastal survey  
                 1989                    U.S. Information Agency, "WORLDNET/NEANET",  
                                             Nautical Archaeology in Egypt  

  Subcontracts  
                 1998                    Equipping of the Alexandria Conservation Laboratory for  
                                              Submerged Antiquities - ARCE-EAP  
                 1996                    Renovation of Five Buildings in the National Maritime Museum  
                                              as a Conservation Laboratory - ARCE-EAP  

  FIELD EXPERIENCE:  
                1998                   Project Director, Sadana Island Shipwreck Excavation  
                1998                   Project Director, Mediterranean Shipwreck Survey  
                1996                   Project Director, Mediterranean Shipwreck Survey  
                1996                   Field Director, Sadana Island Shipwreck Excavation  
                1995                   Field Director, Sadana Island Shipwreck Excavation  
                1994                   Field Director, INA Egypt Red Sea Shipwreck Survey  
                1993                   Archaeological Survey for Shipwrecks in the Red Sea  
                1993-96              Co-Director, Institute of Nautical Archaeology - Egypt  
                1990-91,             Institute of Nautical Archaeology excavation of  
                1984-86              the Ulu Burun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck  
                1983-85              Archaeologist, Bodrum, Turkey  
                1980                   Archaeological assistant, Bodrum, Turkey  
 GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS  
                1994-5                 The American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship for  
                                             Dissertation Research  
                1993-4                 Fulbright Fellowship for Dissertation Research  
                1993                    AMOCO-Egypt, Cultural Development Grant  
                1988                    Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellowship,  
                                            University of Washington  
                1988                    Dora Bonham Grant, University of Texas  
                1984                    PAL Fellowship, Texas A&M University and the  
                                              Institute of Nautical Archaeology  
  CONFERENCES WHERE PAPERS PRESENTED:  
                1994                   Mediterranean Societies, Alexandria, Egypt  
                1993                   Middle East Studies Association, North Carolina, U.S.A.  
                1993                   Geosciences and Archaeology in the Mediterranean Countries,  
                                           Cairo, Egypt  
                1989                   History Graduate Symposium, University of Texas, Austin, Texas  
                1985                   Thracia Pontica III, Sozopol, Bulgaria  

  PUBLICATIONS:  
               1996               "The Alexandria Conservation Laboratory for Submerged  
                                      Antiquities,"    INA Quarterly 23.2: 3-6.  
                                      "The Fire-ship of al-Sâlih Ayyub and Muslim Use  of "Greek Fire",  
                                       in D.    Kagy ed. Studies in Islamic  Military History  
                1996               "Ancient Anchors," Encyclopaedia of Near EasternArchaeology,  
                                        New    York: Oxford University Press.  
                1995                with Cheryl Haldane, "The Potential for Nautical Archaeology in  
                                        Egypt,"    Proceedings, Geosciences and Archaeology in the  
                                        Mediterranean     Countries  
     (forthcoming)             "The Near East Since World War I," An Encyclopaedia of World  
                                        History Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  
                 1994              "The Potential for Nautical Archaeology in Syria," INA  
                                        Quarterly 20.4.  
                 1990               "The Potential for Nautical Archaeology in Egypt,"  INA  
                                          Newsletter, 17.1: 22-25.  
                 1990               "Anchors of Antiquity," Biblical Archaeologist,     53.1: 19-24.  
                 1986               "Wooden Anchor Arm Construction," International  
                                          Journal of Nautical Archaeology 15.2: 163-166.  
                 1985                "The 7th Century Yassi Ada Ship Anchors," INA  
                                          Newsletter, 12.3: 6-7.  
                 1985                 "Recent Discoveries About the Dating and Construction of  
                                           Wooden Anchors," ThraciaPontica III.  

  
  REFERENCES:  
              Dr. George F. Bass, Nautical Archaeology Program, Anthropology Department,  
              Texas A&M University, College Station, TX  77843  409-845-6398.  
              Dr. John Williams, Department of History, William & Mary College,  
              Williamsburg, VA  
              Dr. Abraham Marcus, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin,  
              Austin, TX  78712  512-471-3261