Serçe Limani
An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, The Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers
978-0-89096-947-2 Cloth
9 x 12 x 0 in
592 pp. 121 b&w photos., 129 line drawings., 3 maps., 45 tables.
Pub Date: 08/16/2004
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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.
Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
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Published by Texas A&M University Press