Harvard University educated archaeologist, current president of the applied archaeology firm, PRC, Inc., non-profit Ararat Conservation, Inc., and former maritime executive, Joel Klenck, reports, "It is 100% certain that a prehistoric site is Noah's Ark, located in the southern gorge of greater Mount Ararat and dating to an interval within the Late Epipaleolithic period (13,100-9,600 BC). This site exhibits all traits of an ancient Trot-on / Trot-off maritime barge, being unlike all terrestrial structures."