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- Serçe Limani: An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, The Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
- Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
summary
For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Serçe Limani, Turkey, filled with evidence of trade and objects of daily life. The ship, now excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University, trafficked in both the Byzantine and Islamic worlds of its time.
The ship is known as “the Glass Wreck” because its cargo included three metric tons of glass cullet, including broken Islamic vessels, and eighty pieces of intact glassware. In addition, it held glazed Islamic bowls, red-ware cooking vessels, copper cauldrons and buckets, wine amphoras, weapons, tools, jewelry, fishing gear, remnants of meals, coins, scales and weights, and more.
This first volume of the complete site report introduces the discovery, the methods of its excavation, and the conservation of its artifacts. Chapters cover the details of the ship, its contents, the probable personal possessions of the crew, and the picture of daily shipboard life that can be drawn from the discoveries.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xv-xvii
- Part I: The Ship, the Site, and the Excavation
- 6. Introduction to Ship Studies
- pp. 73-74
- 7. Recording the Hull
- pp. 75-79
- 8. The Hull Remains
- pp. 81-122
- 9. Reconstruction, Reassembly, and Display
- pp. 123-150
- 10. Construction and Analysis of the Vessel
- pp. 153-169
- 12. The Anchors
- pp. 189-238
- 13. Ballast Distribution and Weight
- pp. 241-252
- 14. The Querns
- pp. 255-262
- Part II: Possessions and Victuals
- 16. Personal Effects
- pp. 275-287
- 17. Jewelry
- pp. 289-295
- 19. The Gaming Pieces
- pp. 329-343
- 20. Metal Vessels
- pp. 345-360
- 21. The Weapons
- pp. 363-397
- 22. Fishing Gear
- pp. 399-435
- 23. The Padlocks
- pp. 437-452
- Section V. Victuals
- p. 469
- 25. Faunal Remains
- pp. 471-492
- 26. Plant Remains
- pp. 495-511
- Section VI. Appendices
- Appendix A: Shipbuilding Glossary
- pp. 515-517
- Bibliography
- pp. 533-548
Additional Information
ISBN
9781603446518
Related ISBN(s)
9780890969472
MARC Record
OCLC
798297961
Pages
592
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No