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January 29th, 2012

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January 26th, 2012

Historical and Archaeological Background

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Mongols were powerful force in East Asia in the Middle Ages. The Mongol conquest of Southern Song dynasty in late 13th century [...]

January 15th, 2012

The Introduction to our Blog!

Welcome to the official INA Blog for the Bach Dang River Survey Project! All of our team members appreciate you reading this blog. From now [...]

August 27th, 2011

The Far Side of the World

On a snowy Christmas night that seems long ago to me now, I stamped the snow from my shoes and placed my hand on the [...]

August 26th, 2011

Anchors Aweigh!

And they weigh a lot, at least the one we photographed on the 25th does! On another research and recon dive, this time off the [...]

August 25th, 2011

Medieval Metal

The 23rd brought a day of data-crunching by the shore for me, while beneath the bay our teams worked steadily on, carefully expanding our trenches. [...]

August 23rd, 2011

Stories in Stone

With the last week of research at hand, things are busier than ever. Nevertheless, I find calm and focus daily as I leave the world [...]

August 22nd, 2011

The Mill

The Mill is the nickname I have for the shipwreck site here at Novy Svet. The entire seafloor is composed of small to medium rocks; [...]

August 21st, 2011

Reconnaissance and Results Part II

The 20th brought another set of carefully planned recon dives, ones that would have exciting results! As my recon team descended, I noticed that the [...]

August 21st, 2011

Lending a fin

One of Dr. Zelenko’s colleagues, a professor of Marine Biology at the University of Kiev, had some time ago requested help in retrieving samples from [...]