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George Bass
George F. Bass is the acknowledged father of underwater archeology. His excavations of shipwrecks around the world have revolutionized archeology and profoundly influenced our understanding of the earliest ages of civilization. He was a first-year doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania when he led his first undersea excavation. After only six diving lessons at his local YMCA, he directed the excavation of a Bronze Age shipwreck off the Turkish coast, the first ancient wreck to be excavated on the seabed by a diving archaeologist. Bass found a cargo of raw materials delivered great distances across the Mediterranean. This excavation and his subsequent discoveries demonstrated that there was active marine commerce in the Near East in the Bronze Age, centuries earlier than scholars had previously believed. In 1972, Dr. Bass founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), now based at Texas A&M University, where he also founded the graduate program in nautical archaeolog
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George Bass 2003 Symposium
In this video podcast, recorded at the Academy of Achievement's 2003 Summit in Washington, D.C., Dr. Bass recounts his underwater excavations of sunken ships and presents a slideshow of the historic artifacts he has discovered.
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George Bass 2001 Symposium
In this video podcast, recorded at the Academy of Achievement's 2001 Summit in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Bass recounts his career in underwater archaeology, ending with a brief slide presentation of his discoveries.
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George F. Bass is the acknowledged father of underwater archeology. His excavations of shipwrecks around the world have revolutionized archeology and profoundly influenced our understanding of the earliest ages of civilization. He was a first-year doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania when he led his first undersea excavation. After only six diving lessons at his local YMCA, he directed the excavation of a Bronze Age shipwreck off the Turkish coast, the first ancient wreck to be excavated on the seabed by a diving archaeologist. Bass found a cargo of raw materials delivered great distances across the Mediterranean. This excavation and his subsequent discoveries demonstrated that there was active marine commerce in the Near East in the Bronze Age, centuries earlier than scholars had previously believed. In 1972, Dr. Bass founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), now based at Texas A&M University, where he also founded the graduate program in nautical archaeolog
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