Yassi Ada

Yassi Ada
Author: George Fletcher Bass
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book forms a final report on the underwater excavations I directed at Yassi Ada, Turkey, during the summers of 1961 through 1964 for the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. The excavation was the first to have been completed on the floor of the Mediterranean of a wreck with substantial hull remains. This pioneering work required the ingenuity, effort, and generosity of many people and institutions. The seventh- century ship was chosen for primary excavation not only for its lesser depth, which allowed longer working dives, but also because Throckmorton had uncovered traces of its timbers just beneath the sand and because it was more intelligible from the outset: a stack of concreted iron anchors, lying across the cargo at its upper end, suggested the forward part of the ship pointing up the slope, toward Yassi Ada, while a mass of broken terra-cotta tiles and cooking ware suggested the galley--and, presumably, the stern--at the deeper end of the site.

Archaeology and the Social History of Ships

Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Author: Richard A. Gould
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2000-04-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521567893

A review of underwater archaeology offering a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies.

The Sea and Civilization

The Sea and Civilization
Author: Lincoln Paine
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 802
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1101970359

A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea—revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. The Sea and Civilization is a mesmerizing, rhapsodic narrative of maritime enterprise, from the origins of long-distance migration to the great seafaring cultures of antiquity; from Song Dynasty human-powered paddle-boats to aircraft carriers and container ships. Lincoln Paine takes the reader on an intellectual adventure casting the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.

The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats

The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats
Author: Lillian Ray Martin
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781585440986

Presents a brief history of Venetian art and then catalogues each known piece of Venetian art that depicts watercraft. Through detailed analysis of these images the author reveals important facts about the construction, rigging, and use of these watercraft.

Boats of the World

Boats of the World
Author: Sean McGrail
Publisher:
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2004
Genre: Boats and boating
ISBN: 0199271860

Maritime archaeology, the study of man's early encounter with the rivers and seas of the world, only came to the fore in the last decades of the twentieth century, long after its parent discipline, terrestrial archaeology, had been established. Yet there were seamen long before there werefarmers, navigators before there were potters, and boatbuilders before there were wainwrights. In this book Professor McGrail attempts to correct some of the imbalance in our knowledge of the past by presenting the evidence for the building and use of early water transport: rafts, boats, and ships.

El instrumental de pesca en el Fretum Gaditanum (siglos V a.C. - VI d.C.)

El instrumental de pesca en el Fretum Gaditanum (siglos V a.C. - VI d.C.)
Author: José Manuel Vargas Girón
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789693861

The study of fishing tackle is an innovative area of research which is improving our understanding of one of the most important past economic activities: fishing. This book analyses fishing tackle in the region known as Fretum Gaditanum (the Strait of Gibraltar), where over a thousand pieces of evidence have been inventoried.

Roman Amphora Contents: Reflecting on the Maritime Trade of Foodstuffs in Antiquity (In honour of Miguel Beltrán Lloris)

Roman Amphora Contents: Reflecting on the Maritime Trade of Foodstuffs in Antiquity (In honour of Miguel Beltrán Lloris)
Author: Darío Bernal-Casasola
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2021-11-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1803270632

Presents the results of the RACIIC International Congress (Roman Amphora Contents International Interactive Conference, Cádiz, 2015), dedicated to the distinguished Spanish amphorologist Miguel Beltrán Lloris. This volume aims to reflect on the current state of knowledge about the palaeocontents of Roman amphorae.

Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity

Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity
Author: Carlos Machado
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429763123

This volume considers “lived space” as a scholarly approach to the past, showing how spatial approaches can present innovative views of the world of Late Antiquity, integrating social, economic and cultural developments and putting centre stage this fundamental dimension of social life. Bringing together an international group of scholars working on areas as diverse as Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Jordan and the Horn of Africa, this book includes burgeoning fields of study such as lived spaces in the context of ships and seafaring during this period. Chapters investigate the history, function and use of different spaces in their own right and identify the social and historical logic presiding over continuity and/or change. They also explore the fluidity of lived space in both its physical and conceptual dimensions, analysing issues like agency and intentionality as well as meaning and social relations. Space is the fundamental dimension of social life, the arena where it unfolds and the stage where social values and hierarchies are represented; analysis of space allows us to understand history through different means of shaping, occupying and controlling space. Considering Late Antiquity through a spatial perspective offers a complex and stimulating picture of this pivotal period, and this volume provides avenues for the development of further research and discussion in this area. Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity is a fascinating resource for students and scholars interested in space and spatiality in the late antique world, as well as archaeology, classical studies and late antique studies more generally.