National Lecture Program

AIA Lecturer: Michael R. Jones

Affiliation: Institute of Nautical Archaeology

Michael Jones is a Research Associate with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (Texas A&M University), and holds his degrees from Texas A&M University (Ph.D.) and Boston University.  He is the Principal Investigator for the Yenikapi Wreck 23 Schipwreck Documentation Project at Bodrum, Turkey, and also for the Yenikapi 14 Shipwreck Documentation Project.  Dr. Jones’ research focuses include the maritime archaeology of the Mediterranean, late antique, Byzantine, and early Islamic archaeology, wooden shipbuilding and maritime technology, and shipwreck reconstruction.

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