George Fletcher Bass (born December 9, 1932 in Columbia, South Carolina) is recognized as the father of underwater archaeology. Bass was the director of the first archaeological expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck: cape Gelydonia . Since directing his first excavation, he has excavated shipwrecks of the Bronze Age, Classical Age, and the Byzantine. Bass is professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, where he held the George T. and Gladys H.

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  • George Fletcher Bass (born December 9, 1932 in Columbia, South Carolina) is recognized as the father of underwater archaeology. Bass was the director of the first archaeological expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck: cape Gelydonia . Since directing his first excavation, he has excavated shipwrecks of the Bronze Age, Classical Age, and the Byzantine. Bass is professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, where he held the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Chair in Nautical Archaeology.In 1973 Bass founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA). INA has conducted some of the most important excavations of the twentieth century, and its findings throw new light into areas as diverse as the beginning of the free enterprise system, the dating of Homer's Odyssey, chronologies of Egyptian dynasties and Helladic cultures, and the histories of technology, economics, music, art and religion. (en)
  • George Fletcher Bass (* 9 de diciembre 1932, Columbia, Carolina del Sur) es considerado el padre de la arqueología subacuática. Bass fue director de la primera campaña arqueológica que excavó completamente un pecio antiguo, el de "Cabo Gelidonia" en 1960. Posteriormente excavó pecios de la Edad del Bronce, la época clásica griega y la bizantina. Bass es profesor emérito de la Texas A&M University, donde posee una cátedra de arqueología subacuática. En 1973 Bass fundó el Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA). El INA ha emprendido algunas de las excavaciones subacuáticas más importantes del siglo XX, y sus descubrimientos aportan nuevos datos sobre áreas tan diversas como los comienzos del sistema de libre comercio, la datación de la Odisea de Homero, la cronología de las dinastías egipcias y las culturas heládicas, así como sobre la historia de la tecnología, la economía, la música, el arte y la religión. (es)
  • George Fletcher Bass (* 9. Dezember 1932 in Columbia, South Carolina) ist ein amerikanischer Unterwasserarchäologe. Bass gilt allgemein als der Entwickler der maritimen Archäologie. Er arbeitet seit Anfang der 1960er Jahre unter anderem im Mittelmeer. Eine seiner bedeutendsten Bergungen war die des Wracks des Schiffs von Uluburun. Er war Professor für „Nautical Archaeology“ an der Texas A&M University. (de)
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  • George Fletcher Bass (born December 9, 1932 in Columbia, South Carolina) is recognized as the father of underwater archaeology. Bass was the director of the first archaeological expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck: cape Gelydonia . Since directing his first excavation, he has excavated shipwrecks of the Bronze Age, Classical Age, and the Byzantine. Bass is professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, where he held the George T. and Gladys H. (en)
  • George Fletcher Bass (* 9 de diciembre 1932, Columbia, Carolina del Sur) es considerado el padre de la arqueología subacuática. (es)
  • George Fletcher Bass (* 9. Dezember 1932 in Columbia, South Carolina) ist ein amerikanischer Unterwasserarchäologe. (de)
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