- Director of Conservation Research Laboratory
- Director of Analytical Archaeology Laboratory
- Director of Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation Assistant Professor
- Nautical Archaeology
- Pronouns: He/Him/His
- Email: dostalc@tamu.edu
- Office: Anthropology 102
- Document: CV
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Biography
Courses Taught:
- ANTH 605 – Conservation of Archaeological Materials I
- ANTH 606 – Conservation of Archaeological Materials II
- ANTH 607 – Historical Archaeology
- ANTH 617 – Conservation of Archaeological Materials III
- ANTH 663 – Analytical Methods in Archaeology and Conservation
- ANTH 689 – Analytical Methods in Archaeology and Conservation
Current Graduate Students:
- Ryan Theis
- Benjamin Ioset
- Megan Crutcher
- Olivia Thomas
- Raul Palomino
- Claire Zak
- Chabli Bravo
- Austin Seiss
Educational Background
- PhD, Texas A&M University, 2017
Research Interests
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- Historical-period maritime archaeology in North America and Western Europe
- The conservation and long-term preservation of waterlogged archaeological artifacts
- In situ preservation and documentation techniques for underwater archaeological sites
- X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis of archaeological artifacts
- Digital imaging and 3D modeling of archaeological artifacts
- Public outreach.
Selected Publications
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2020 Integrating digital and conventional recording techniques for the documentation and reconstruction of an 18th-Century wooden ship from Alexandria, VA. With Glenn Grieco, Peter Fix, Carolyn Kennedy, Julia Herbst, Lauren Shultz, and Ricardo Borrero. (Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Vol. 16)
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2018 Photogrammetric Texture Mapping: A Method for Increasing the Fidelity of 3D Models of Cultural Heritage Materials, with Kotaro Yamafune. (Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 18C pp. 430-436)
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2017 Recording, Publishing, and Reconstructing Wooden Shipwrecks, with Castro, F, Bendig, C, Berube, M, Budsberg, N, Monteiro, A, Smith, C, Torres, R, and Yamafune, K. (Journal of Maritime Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-017-9185-8 )
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