Ancient Shipwrecks
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Investigations of Mediterranean connectivity have increasingly turned toward maritime landscape models to frame questions of seaborne exploration, marine resource exploitation, trade and exchange, and seafaring culture. Environmental and... more
The wrecks of merchant ships transporting amphorae with wine and oil represent an important source of information for the reconstructions of antique economy in the western part of the Mediterranean. Following the analysis of submerged... more
Freedom of navigation through the South China Sea could now be at risk. Six countries lay claim to all or part of the Spratly Islands and the Paracels (Fig. 1). Five of them occupy islands or reefs. All five have built structures and... more
The Story of Garum recounts the convoluted journey of that notorious Roman fish sauce, known as garum, from a smelly Greek fish paste to an expensive luxury at the heart of Roman cuisine and back to obscurity as the Roman empire declines.... more
Occasionally the archaeological ship reconstructor is fortunate enough to encounter the remains of a vessel on which shipwrights' design marks have been preserved. La Belle (1684) has the most extensive and complete set of such marks... more
This book presents a new study of Greek large-scale bronze statuary of the late Archaic and Classical periods. It examines the discovery, origin, style, date, artistic attribution, identification, and interpretation of the surviving... more
SUMMARY: Chapter 8, in Renfrew & Bahn's textbook (Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice), covers what typically survives, what constitutes an "artifact", interpreting usage, obtaining materials (e.g., quarrying; mining),... more
In August, 1974, a shipwreck was discovered in the Quanzhou Bay. Scholars in the 1970s-1980s did a thorough study of this ship, and found that it was a Chinese wooden junk built in the end of the Southern Song. They argued that this Song... more
The excavation of the 10th century Intan Wreck has yielded a remarkable array of treasures and artefacts traded by the mighty empire of Srivijaya.
The North Sea. A review of shipping lanes, volume of traffic and frequency of shipwrecking from medieval times, to 1900. Cultural heritage on and in the seabed, as a non-renewable resource. Nordsjøen. Analyse av seilingsleder,... more
Als 50 jaar wordt rond het eiland Texel in de Waddenzee en Noordzee gedoken naar scheepswrakken. In al die jaren is veel gebeurd. Vanuit een vakinhoudelijke en beleidsmatige invalshoek worden de ontwikkelingen beschreven.
End-of-season progress report on the excavation of the wreck site of the 17th century in Mogincual designated MOG-003, tentatively identified as the São Jose (1622) and the survey in the waters off the island of Mozambique and Mogincual... more
Das Roll-up gibt eine kurze, allgemein verständliche Einführung zu den beiden römischen Schiffswracks aus der Zeit um 100 n. Chr., die 1986 in Oberstimm (Markt Manching) entdeckt und 1994 vollständig geborgen wurden. Seit 2006 bilden die... more
The HMS St George was a second rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy. She sank, together with the HMS Defence, in the North Sea off the Jutland coast in 1811, with nearly all of her crew lost the tragedy claimed 1400 lives. The ship was... more
""En Filipo II y el Arte de la Guerra tendremos la oportunidad de conocer en profundidad a uno de los más grandes reyes de la antigua Macedonia. Gracias a su habilidad como estratega, diplomático, político y soldado, heredó un reino... more
Åren 2006 och 2008 utförde Bohusläns museum en arkeologisk forskningsundersökning av det senmedeltida Skaftövraket (RAÄ-nr Skaftö 270). Fartygslämningen som påträffades år 2003 är belägen på mellan sex och åtta meters djup i Lysekils... more
ABSTRACT: The following 83 questions follow the documentary (no.7), National Geographic, Quest for the Phoenicians (55 minutes). It is a good documentary detailing diverse aspects of the heritage and achievements of the Phoenicians: WEB... more
The Flying Fish Wreck derives its name from the freely painted decoration in the centre of one of the first finds, a large stoneware basin. The graceful gliding flying fish design is known from the Cizao kilns of Fujian Province, China,... more
Review of: Interpreting Shipwrecks: maritime archaeological approaches, JONATHAN ADAMS and JOHAN RÖNNBY (Eds), The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 44.2, pp. 457-459.
En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar las recientes investigaciones arqueológicas relativas al transporte marítimo de grano en época romana, tratando de indicar a su vez las limitaciones de estas fuentes de información. Los resultados... more
This paper focuses on the weapons of the Queen Anne, an English merchantman that was wrecked on the Zuiderzee near Kuinre (province of Overijssel) in the first quarter of the 18th century. The wreck was discovered in a now-reclaimed part... more
Unit 11 of the "Training Manual for the UNESCO Foundation Course
on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage
in Asia and the Pacific"
on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage
in Asia and the Pacific"
Exhibition Catalogue, National Archaeological Museum, April 2012 – April 2013
See the entire article here (view only): https://rdcu.be/b2hez One of the few facts that can be stated unequivocally is that wooden vessels leak. Whether due to a damaged hull, loose caulking between seams, or simply a reflection of the... more
This expedition’s aim was to survey and assess 14 locations by local sources which were reportedly wreck sites or sites with cultural material. The inspection of these locations was made by visual survey and/or magnetometer and sidescan... more
L’article constitue une synthèse sur cette célèbre épave de l’Age du Bronze. Cette mise au point s’avère indispensable en raison des difficultés d’accès à la monographie récente sur cette épave.