Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 11/30/1979

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$14,939.74 (approved)
$14,939.74 (awarded)


The Study and Reconstruction of the Hull of an 11th-Century Islamic Ship

FAIN: RO-145178-79

Texas A & M University, College Station (College Station, TX 77843-0001)
J. Richard Steffy (Project Director: September 1978 to present)

To assist in the recording and reconstruction of the hull of an Islamic ship which sank at Serce, Liman, Turkey in 1025 or shortly thereafter. The hull promises to shed new light on the evolutionary development of the art of seafaring.