Academic Diving Program
The public is invited to explore pirate lore on Feb. 12 as Indiana University archeologists Charles Beeker and Geoffrey Conrad discuss their ongoing research in the Dominican Republic, including their work to study and protect what they believe is a shipwreck of notorious pirate Captain Kidd.
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Por ironía del destino, se acabó el tiempo y había mucho cieno y lodo en la Bahía Isabela, localizada en la costa norteña de la República Dominicana. A pesar de estos reveses, piensan los arqueólogos de la Universidad de Indiana (IU) que están a punto de descubrir algunos de los barcos perdidos de Cristóbal Colón - y la explicación de un misterio de 500 años, "Qué llevaban aquellos barcos a bordo?"
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As luck would have it, time ran short and the silt and mud ran deep. Despite these setbacks, Indiana University archaeologists are confident they are closer to discovering some of Christopher Columbus' lost ships -- and the answer to a 500-year-old mystery, "What was on those ships?"
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Charles Beeker, director of the Office of Underwater Science and the Academic Diving Program at Indiana University Bloomington, has been appointed to a four-year term on the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. Beeker is an internationally recognized pioneer in the creation of underwater museum exhibits. Many of his research projects have resulted in the establishment of state or federal underwater parks and preserves, and have led to a number of site nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
Charles Beeker, director of the Office of Underwater Science and the Academic Diving Program at Indiana University Bloomington, has been appointed to a four-year term on the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee.
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