Dave Ball has been employed with the Minerals Management Service in
New Orleans for almost 5 years and currently hold the position of Senior
Marine Archaeologist and Regional Dive Master. Before coming to work
with the MMS, Mr. Ball was employed in the private sector, working for
several CRM companies in the Pacific Northwest.
Mr. Ball received his Bachelor of Arts degree
in anthropology from Sonoma State University in 1992 and a Master of
Arts degree in anthropology from Florida State University in 1998. He
has almost 15 years experience in archaeology and has directed field
research on both land and underwater archaeological sites across the
country, including an inundated prehistoric site at Little Salt Spring,
Florida; a Confederate ironclad in Mobile Bay, Alabama; the 1686 French
shipwreck Belle, in Matagorda Bay, Texas; and several deepwater
shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico, including U-166.
Mr. Ball's role on this project is that of
government observer and resource manager. He was a member of the
Technical Proposal Evaluation Committee (TPEC) when the contract was
awarded and will likely be on-site for at least part of the fieldwork.
Mr. Ball will also serve as one of the reviewers when the final product
is submitted to MMS.
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