Nautical Archaeology Program

The Nautical Archaeology Program (NAP) is a degree-granting program within the Anthropology Department at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The Nautical Archaeology Program offers admission to students seeking graduate degrees in nautical archaeology. The primary focus is on training archaeologists to become divers, rather than teaching divers the principles of anthropology and archaeology. Students are also required to learn the principles of archaeological conservation, with primary emphasis on the treatment of waterlogged artifacts. The Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology are pleased to welcome you to this site. The Nautical Archaeology Program (NAP) is the academic degree-granting graduate program at TAMU. Information on the program and the research laboratories is provided in the web pages below, which are maintained by the faculty/staff. The Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) is a non-profit private research institute affiliated with TAMU and is closely integrated with NAP. The web pages maintained by INA present the array of research conducted by INA and NAP. We hope you will find the information contained here useful, informative, and interesting. To offer any comments or suggestions about this site, please feel free to contact the site administrator.