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Jeffrey Royal
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After completing a Bachelor degree in Economics at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Doctor Royal returned to school for the study of archaeology. His initial steps included a second Bachelor in Anthropology and a subsequent Master of Arts in Anthropology from University of Southern California-Columbia. During his studies at University of Southern California, he sought out land excavations in southern Italy in which to participate.
lieutenant was on these excavations that his interests in complex economic/exchange systems, communications, and technology of the Roman world were developed.
As the sea has always played a large role in the development of Mediterranean cultures, particularly in the trade and communication, his interests grew to encompass this area. Doctor Royal understood that watercraft represented one of the most advanced aspects of ancient technology.
Hence, the need for the integration of maritime components into his studies. This led him to the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1994.
Doctor Royal was fortunate to study at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical when many of the foremost scholars in maritime archaeology were teaching in the program: Doctorates
Bass, van Doorninck, Hocker, and Pulak, as well as Professor Dick Steffy. Upon completing his degree, he took the position of Archaeological Director at RPM Nautical Foundation (RPMNF). In this position, Doctor Royal steered the areas of study and research towards the Mediterranean and expanded field projects throughout the region.
With RPMNF he has directed projects in Sicily, Calabria, Campania, Malta, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.
Among his ongoing research programs are the Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program (ICEP) and the Ancient Warship Archaeology Program (AWAP). Numerous articles serve to present this research, and Doctor Royal is currently in the process of writing a book on ancient warships.
His current research includes the development and changes in amphora morphology and the implications on overseas exchange in the Mediterranean. The distribution of Roman annona and associated trade such as construction materials.
The assessment of ancient warships, strategies and tactics used in the Mediterranean during the Roman era.
And Greco-Roman trade and settlement in the Adriatic Sea, particularly the Illyrian coast between the 3rd century Bachelor of Civil Engineering to 4th century Civil Engineering. Royal obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical in 2001. Royal, Royal, and John M.
