Speaker and Award Recipient: George  F.  Bass,  Ph.D.,  Institute  of  Nautical  Archaeology  &  Nautical  Archaeology  Program,  Texas  A&M   University,  USA

Event Date: March, 2010

Title: The Million-Piece  Jig-Saw  Puzzle:  Excavating  a  Cargo  of  Medieval  Glass

Topic: George  F.  Bass,  Professor  Emeritus,  Nautical  Archaeology  Program,  Texas  A&M  University,  and  former   curator,  Penn  Museum  Mediterranean  Section,  described  the  excavation  by  the  Institute  of  Nautical   Archaeology  at  Texas  A&M  University  between  1977  and  1979  of  a  shipwreck  from  about  AD  1025.  The   ship  had  carried  a  cargo  of  three  tons  of  broken  glass  meant  to  be  recycled.  For  the  next  two  decades   conservators  worked  year  round  to  piece  the  glass  back  together,  publishing  their  results  in  2009.  Prior   to  the  lecture,  Dr.  Bass  was  presented  with  the  30th  Lucy  Wharton  Drexel  Medal  for  archaeological   achievement.

Co-Sponsored by: The Penn  Museum,  the  Institute  for  Aegean  Prehistory,  the  departments  of  the  History   of  Art,  Classics,  and  Art  and  Archaeology  of  the  Mediterranean  World,  the  Center  for  Ancient  Studies,   and  Brock  University

Link: Institute of Nautical Archaeology