Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit of the College of Liberal Arts, the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation focuses on the history of civilization as revealed through excavations of significant shipwrecks, sunken port cities, and ports at key junctures of history in both the Old and New Worlds. Its interdisciplinary efforts also include deep-water archaeology. The center, in collaboration with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, provides a mechanism through which interdisciplinary research in maritime archaeology and artifact conservation is disseminated to the public and to graduate students in the Nautical Archaeology Program. Contact: Kevin Crisman; 845-6355; 4352 TAMU;