Harbour Archaeology
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In 2017 a throne-amulet made from bone, once retrieved from the diggings of harbour excavation 1979/80 in Hedeby, was committed to the Wikinger Museum Haithabu. It constitutes the second specimen known from the site and fits well into the... more
The aim of this article is to examine the micro-regional development of the northern harbour of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. The city of Mytilene is the only one out of the six cities of the island facing east. Since its... more
I den beskrevne marinarkeologiske forundersøkelsen ble det gravd 12 prøvesjakter på 11 forskjellige lokaliteter i Vågen, Bergen. Undersøkelsen ga en stor og variert mengde funn av gjenstander, fra middelalder fram til i dag. Det ble ikke... more
Agderfylkene planlegger å bruke kulturarv i uthavnene til verdiskaping under det regionale samarbeidsprosjektet «Uthavner i verdensklasse». Fra og med 2017 har også Norsk Maritimt Museum (NMM) vært med på uthavnssatsingen for å bidra til... more
2017, Baralis A., Lungu V., Dupont P., Bastide M., Bony G., Caraire G., Comfort A., Delfieu R., Guy M., Jubeau T., Kaniewski D., Lebouteiller P., Marinova-Wolff E., BMontagne-Perruchon B., Morhange C., Musat-Streinu A., Popova T.,... more
This site analysis explores the archaeological potential to locate the remains of a nineteenth century shipyard identified in Wharton's thesis 'Changing Tides: A Cultural Landscape study of the maritime community in Balmain, New South... more
After 1731 in the Zuiderzee in NL poles were protected against the ship worm by hammering in a protection shield of nails. Some of there poles were re-used in a creation of a Texel artitst. By this he, probably unaware. saved important... more
by J.-P. GOIRAN, P. CARBONEL, J. CAVERO, C. MORHANGE, J.-Y. EMPEREUR
Regional archaeological survey and historical investigation of the Maritime Landscape of the Geelong Foreshore Region. Report submitted to Heritage Victoria.
En los últimos años nuevos estudios están mejorando nuestro conocimiento general de la articulación del tráfico marítimo en época romana.(Remolà Vallverdú and Pociña López, 2001); (Berrocal Caparrós, 2008); (Keay, 2011) El estudio de los... more
Hypoteses on the pier structure at the Harbour of Cosa, examined through the technical analysis of archaeological and historical evidence on the modern function of the ancient Harbour area with regard to the draining of internal waters.
La sedimentation holocene au sein d'un bassin versant est conditionnee par les variations climatiques, l'utilisation des sols et les heritages geomorphologiques. Les reponses morphogeniques a ces stimuli demeurent peu connues,... more
The excavation has revealed 19 structures, foundations of houses, cellars, pier remains and harbor walls. Each one is given a specific structure number. Not all of the structures count as archaeological remains as defined by section 3 of... more
"30 Jahre nach den Ausgrabungen mehrerer Hafenanlagen von Haithabu hat Sven Kalmring nun erstmals die ganze, bisher kaum zu übersehende Fülle von Dokumenten zusammengeführt, digitalisiert, analysiert und so neue Erkenntnisse über das... more
The project »Harbours in the North Atlantic AD 800-1300« (HaNoA) focuses on harbours and landing sites in areas settled by the Norse across the North Atlantic. The harbours that are investigated within this project mostly provided natural... more
Seit 2012 führt das Niedersächsische Institut für historische Küstenforschung im Rahmen des sogenannten Nordseehäfen-Projekts interdisziplinäre Forschungen zu frühmittelalterlichen Häfen und Handelssiedlungen im deutschen... more
South Africa’s connection with the sea is most prevalent in its founding harbor at Cape Town. Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the passage around the Cape of Good Hope via Table Bay represented the most important oceanic trading route... more
Ginalis, A. and Athanasoula, M. 2018. Οι παραθαλάσσιες υποδομές της Ρωμαϊκής και Βυζαντινής Σκιάθου. In Ταμείο Αρχαιολογικών Πόρων & Απαλλοτριώσεων (ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium “Βουτιά στα περασμένα” (6th March,... more
Underwater and Harbour archaeology
Découvertes sous-marines Sullecthum - Histoire et économie - Commerce amphorologie - Structures portuaires -
Découvertes sous-marines Sullecthum - Histoire et économie - Commerce amphorologie - Structures portuaires -
The chapter investigates the mutual impact of river traffic and urban development at Rome in the long term. It sets out the limitations and variations in the use of the Tiber, and how these could be pushed by new infrastructure,... more
Although much has been written on the subject of ancient Mediterranean harbours, the relatively new area of harbour geoarchaeology remains dispersed in the geoscience and archaeological literature. Over a decade of research has amassed... more
More than 50 year after the first systematic analysis of the ancient and medieval harbour of Anthedon in Central Greece done by David Blackman, Helmut Schläger and Jörg Schäfer, the paper presents a re-evaluation of this earlier study and... more
The proto-urban emporium of Hedeby was one of the most important trading centres of the Viking world. Because of its position in the borderland between the Carolingian Realm (respectively later German Empire), and Scandinavia, two traffic... more
The site of Avaris is located on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, which forms the eastern flank and limit of the fertile Delta. It lies in a strategic position that made it the gateway between the Nile valley and the Near East, both as a... more