| Serçe Limani: An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, the Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers Contributor(s): Bass, George F. (Author), Matthews, Sheila (Author), Steffy, J. Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0890969477 ISBN-13: 9780890969472 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Sere 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-ward 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 detailed contents of the ship, the probable personal possessions of the crew, and the picture of daily shipboard life that can be drawn from the discoveries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - Medieval - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General |
| Dewey: 956.101 |
| LCCN: 2002154214 |
| Series: Nautical Archaeology Series |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 9.28" W x 12.24" (5.56 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Mediterranean - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Ser e 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. |