Haymaker

The Institute of Nautical Archaeology was incorporated as the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and founded as a nonprofit scientific/educational organization with the purpose of gathering knowledge of human past from the physical remains of maritime activities, and disseminating this knowledge through scholarly and popular publications, and lectures. Its funding has been from its Board of Directors, National Geographic Society, the National Endowment “ Humanities, the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, the National Science Foundation and various other foundations and donors Additionally, it draws support from over 950 members, twenty Supporting Institutions (universities, museums, and archaeological organizations), and a modest endowment to pay staff salaries and other operating expenses. Headquarters and research facilities in College Station, Texas are graciously provided by Texas AEtM University, but INA owns extensive equipment and facilities at its overseas center in Bodrum, Turkey. In addition to all of the camping and diving equipment required to mount a major excavation, the Institute owns a sixty-five-foot steel vessel, Virazon, with a double-lock recompression chamber, darkroom, and compressors. Come to this web page for more information on the Institute and for beautifully illustrated, hypertext tours of its various research projects.