- Born and raised in Hendersonville, North Carolina, nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains. Enrolled in a Mechanical En... moreBorn and raised in Hendersonville, North Carolina, nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains. Enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering path at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1967. Transferred to the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in 1968. Won a B.A. degree in Anthropology and a NAUI Instructor's license in 1970. Participated in the Earthwatch archaeological survey of Ancient Gythion, Greece in 1972. Graduated UNC in 1977 with an M.A. in Anthropology specializing in Archaeology. Thesis topic: "Fluctuations in Sea Level in Late Pleistocene Times and the Archaeological Potential of the Bering-Chukchi Platform". Taught SCUBA diving for the UNC Department of Physical Education 1975-1977. Taught SCUBA diving to Turkish University students working for the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology excavating the Seytan Deresi shipwreck site in 1975. Participated in the Institute of Nautical Archaeology's excavation of the "Cornwallis Cave Wreck in the York River, Virginia in 1976 and joined INA as a Research Associate 1977-1989. Enrolled at Texas A&M University in 1977, graduated with a PhD in Geography in 1987. Member, Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology 1980-1990. Co-founded Ships of Exploration and Discovery Research (Ships of Discovery) in 1989.edit
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Earlier this year, a BBC television series dived into the regions where underwater archaeology fades into the murkier waters of treasure-hunting. This is an opportune moment to review an archaeologist's account of his rôle in the... more
Earlier this year, a BBC television series dived into the regions where underwater archaeology fades into the murkier waters of treasure-hunting. This is an opportune moment to review an archaeologist's account of his rôle in the richest of recent recoveries, the gold from the Spanish galleon Atocha.
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Two stories are told simultaneously: one that may have been, and one that yet might be. The story of the voyage that might have been is based on archaeological evidence provided by the earliest shipwreck discovered in the New World. These... more
Two stories are told simultaneously: one that may have been, and one that yet might be. The story of the voyage that might have been is based on archaeological evidence provided by the earliest shipwreck discovered in the New World. These two stories are set in different eras to demonstrate certain constants in the human drive to explore the unknown,
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... search for the last two caravels commanded by Columbus is also underway at St Ann's Bay ... Thanks go to John 0. Sands and John Tilley of the Mariners Museum, Virginia, who ... Mrs Mary Sweetnam and Mr Joshua Sears, of the... more
... search for the last two caravels commanded by Columbus is also underway at St Ann's Bay ... Thanks go to John 0. Sands and John Tilley of the Mariners Museum, Virginia, who ... Mrs Mary Sweetnam and Mr Joshua Sears, of the Bahamas Ministry of External Affairs, graciously ...
