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In 1993, following a preliminary trip to Bahrain the previous
year, INA began a 10 week survey in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain.
Directed by Ralph K. Pedersen, INA Research Associate and doctoral
student in the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University,
with the assistance of fellow graduate student James Coggeshall, the
survey examined various areas off the northern coast of Bahrain for
evidence of shipwrecks. In the latter part of the survey, the
director interviewed local fishermen for their knowledge of sailing
conditions and lore.
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Guided by a signal from outer space, each step over
the desert sand brought us closer to our goal.
At my side were Dr. Robert Killick, of the London-Bahrain
Archaeological Expedition, and his neighbor in Bahrain, Nick George.
We were searching for one of the oldest sites in the island
state: an Ubaid encampment dating to 4,000 B.C.
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