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IN THIS ISSUE…

THE PORTICELLO SHIPWRECK
By CYNTHIA JONES EISEMAN

AINA’S GROWTH CONTINUES
Carl J. Claussen becomes AINA’s Adjunct Professor of North American Archaeology

GEORGE BASS PUBLISHES ARCHAEOLOGY BENEATH THE SEA
Walker and Company and the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology are pleased to announce the publication of Archaeology Beneath the Sea, A Personal Account. by George F. Bass.

1779 EXPEDITION
AINA’s first New World project, the excavation of the American ship Defense in Pencbscot Bay, Maine, began on June 1.

Key Words:

Defense, Porticello shipwreck, Archaeology Beneath the Sea, George Bass, Carl J. Claussen, 1779 Expedition, David C. Switzer, J. Richard Steffy, Messina, 5th C. B.C., Bronze Statues