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A&M prof helps rebuild ancient ship
By Mary-Lynne Rice
Stuft Writer
About 2,300 years ago off the
coast of Kyrenia, Cyprus, a ship
loaded with a cargo of pottery, iron
ingots, bolts of cloth, and food was
attacked by pirates. To hide their
crime, the pirates sank the ship, leav
ing it 30 meters below the surface of
the water, its voyage incomplete —
until now.
Raised f rom the bottom of the sea,
the ship served as the model for Ky
renia II, a full-scale exact replica of
the ancient vessel, which has since
sailed to ports around the world,
much as its predecessor might have
on trading expeditions.
The excavation, reassembly and
duplication of the ship were part of
an extensive nautical archaeology
project that lasted nearly two de
cades. A key contributor to the pro
gram was ship reconstructor J. Rich
ard Steffy, associate professor of
anthropology at Texas A&M for 11
years and nautical archaeologist.
Steffy joined the reconstruction
team in 1971, four years after the
ship was discovered by a sponge di
ver. He was part of a team of more
than 100 archaeology and shipbuild
ing experts from 12 countries.
Excavation began in the summer
of 1968 with the recovery of a pile of
80 jars and vases. Underneath the
pottery were layers of silt and sand
covering 400 more vases and what
was left of the ship’s hull.The re
mains of the ship were remarkably
well-preserved considering its age,
and Steffy said the team had 60 per
cent of the original hull to use as a
model.
Kyrenia’s ship has the most intact
hull yet found from ships of the clas
sical Greek period. Preservation con
ditions, he said, were ideal: the ship
was rapidly covered with sediments
that sealed it from oxygen and po
tentially damaging marine life.
Before the nearly 6,000 frag
ments of the ship could be brought
to the surface, they had to be uncov
ered by gentle airlifting, a process
Steffy described as a gigantic vac
uum cleaner. As the pieces were
brought to die surface, they were
coated with polyethylene glycol to
arrest deterioration that occurs
upon contact with air.
oto by Jay Janner
J. Richard Steffy, nautical archaeologist
From research models he con
structed, Steffy reassembled the ship
and designed the missing sections.
The reconstruction was “a geometric
process used to figure the shape of
the hull out,” he said. “It was essen
tially a combination of drafting, geo
metry and model-building.”
The parts of the ship that did not
survive the ages were re-created by
studying the existing remains.
“You see tool marks and curva
tures, and although it might not
mean very much to the layman, we
are trained to recognize features and
how they fit the ship,” Steffy said.
“It’s a matter of training and experi
ence.
“It doesn’t fit together like pieces
of a jigsaw puzzle, because some of
the edges are fragmented and other
pieces are missing. You have to he
able to place them in the context of
the whole boat. It’s a very slow, time-
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Use of A&M symbol in campaign
prompts change in regulations
By Sandra Curry
Staff Writer
A regulation change prohibit
ing use of Texas A&M symbols by
political candidates was
prompted in part by the use of
the Aggie “gig ’em ” symbol last
fall on campaign bumper stickers
and T-shirts, an A&M adminis
trator said.
The item, one of a list of Uni
versity Rules and Regulations
changes approved by the Faculty
Senate in April, specifically pro
hibits using any A&M insignia,
symbol or identifying mark by
political candidates for cam
paigns. ft must be signed by Pres
ident Frank Vandiver to become
policy.
Barry Nelson, manager of ad
ministrative services, said the new
regulation is not a new policy, but
is intended to clarify existing pol
icy.
“The University has always
held that it cannot be put in a po
sition of endorsing any candidacy
or political party, and this propo
sition simply reiterates this pos
ition,” Nelson said.
The proposal was partially
prompted by the use of the “gig
’em” symbol in the political cam
paign materials of Rep. Joe Bar
ton, R-Fnnis.
Barton printed 3,000 bumper
stickers and 100 T-shirts with die
logo. The use sparked concern
among an A&M Democratic stu
dent group because the Barton
campaign had not received per
mission to use the logo.
Barton encountered a similar
problem at Texas Christian Uni
versity by using the TCU horned
frog in campaign material. In a
Houston Chronicle article last
fall, Barton’s local campaign
manager, Cathy Hay, said that
until TCU officials contacted
Barton, he was not aware that ei
ther universities’ logos were being
wrongfully used.
Bill Kibler, chairman of the
rules and regulations committee,
said Barton had implied that the
University was endorsing his can
didacy by using the A&M logo,
and that this regulation will clar
ify the University’s position and
clear up any confusion caused by
the lack of a specific policy.
If Vandiver approves the item,
it will he printed in the t ides and
regulations book for the fall,
Kibler said.
Chris Find, an A&M student
and former president of Aggie
Democrats, thinks the new policy
will he a good idea. Fi n d said that
last summer Business Services
denied a Democratic polit ical can
didate use of an A&M insignia on
a fundraising letter.
“We were told at that time that
(here was a policy against the us
age,” Efird said. When he saw the
logo being used in Barton’s cam
paign this fall, he again ap
proached the University and was
told that there was no current
policy against the use.
“1 really don’t care if a candi
date can use the insignia or not,”
Efird said. “I just think that it
should be put down either one
way or the other.”
Nelson said that not all insignia
associated with the University are
included in the proposed new
regulation.
tually necessitated the use of j
ei n power tools, the actual !
building was completed ini
ancient style.
“The work was very laborj
sive,” Steffy said, “and italsoi
a lot of material. But thoset
two things that were cheap toil
cient Ch eeks. The ship wasofl
good design for its <lav, andf
beautifully built.”
In 1985, the bmlding ofijBwANI I
lira had reached the final step||t4wai t 1
let proofing. I he ship wasi tei in Rep
and water seeped throughtfn (fjdimenit
until the boat was filled. At balteiial
water was pumped out, thebo AH >8 < on
the hull had swelled, creatiiii fusion, bi
ter-light seal. Kyrenia 11
to sail. ’ ! jp®A state
quoting \
Its first launching was in cian.lh.C
in June 1985, and it hassia gressman
cessfully sailed to ports arou from bloc
world, including New York 1- while unc
Although Steffy has onh >„• j
the ship once, he has studied
another boat sailing along!: Kijnnev di
Kyrenia II. mpnia, a
Based on the success of if; on by ac<
lica, Steffy said, “The anrientl syhdromt
definitely knew what thetaHMiKmi
doing." Kyrenia II has wet attacks. A
the everyday elements and si went don
a storm at sea. Hi also b
psoriasis,
“We hit a pretty hefty stoiti.
terrible gale,” Steffy saidj
weren't sure how the ships
hold up, hut it did very well
Although the ship itself*.:
Kyrenia team’s main focus,:
ologists also have studied tk;!
huts recovered from theship
The cargo and equipment(sqi
have been preserved and havtj
clues to the dating of the shi;
what occurred on board.
gery in 19
■The si.
consuming process.
With models built, plans drafted,
and the original ship reassembled,
construction began on the replica,
Kyrenia II. The shipbuilding crew
duplicated as many of the original
building processes as possible, in
cluding the occasional use of tools
comparable to those that ancient
Mediterranean shipwrights would
have worked with. Although time
and monetary considerations even-
Seven bronze coins trail
Rhodes Island indicated thn
home port and its approximate
The remains of 10,000 aim
are evidence of both the cmc
and cargo. And four tableseiiia
including plates, bowls, saucers
and spoons — tell the numki
sailors presumably captured
pirates who lodged iron spean
in the ship's hull andsankit
tunes ago.
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continued into the first quarter.
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York Air, included the expat
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