The shipwreck of Santa Maria in Padovetere (Comacchio-Ferrara). Archaeology of a riverine barge of Late Roman period and of other recent finds of sewn boats
Title | The shipwreck of Santa Maria in Padovetere (Comacchio-Ferrara). Archaeology of a riverine barge of Late Roman period and of other recent finds of sewn boats PDF eBook |
Author | Carlo Beltrame |
Publisher | All’Insegna del Giglio |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2023-02-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 8892851993 |
The 5th century AD barge of Santa Maria in Padovetere was discovered and investigated inside an ancient river, West of Comacchio. The place, which later hosted the parish of Santa Maria in Padovetere, is considered a strategic crossroads of Late Roman waterways. The anoxic conditions have well preserved the bottom and the entire right side. This extraordinary conservation, coupled with in situ digital documentation, has allowed the reconstruction in 3D of the entire shape of the shipwreck. It was a riverine flat bottom barge with a very high stern and a central long rudder according to a shipshape well documented by Central European Roman sculptures. Scientific analysis allowed to reconstruct the environment where it moved and to make hypotheses on the types of goods transported. This is a very rare example of an ancient riverine barge and an important evidence of the technique of construction by sewing. The book also presents other recent finds of this construction technique which, during the Roman period and the Early Middle Age, was used only in the Upper Adriatic.
The Shipwreck of Santa Maria in Padovetere (Comacchio-Ferrara). Archaeology of a Riverine Barge of Late Roman Period and of Other Recent Finds of Sewn Boats. Nuova Ediz.
Title | The Shipwreck of Santa Maria in Padovetere (Comacchio-Ferrara). Archaeology of a Riverine Barge of Late Roman Period and of Other Recent Finds of Sewn Boats. Nuova Ediz. PDF eBook |
Author | C. Beltrame |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9788892851986 |
Sveti Pavao Shipwreck
Title | Sveti Pavao Shipwreck PDF eBook |
Author | Carlo Beltrame |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2014-07-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1782977090 |
Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice collaborated in the recording, underwater excavation and analysis of the unusually well-preserved wreck of a 16th century Venetian merchantman in the Svetti Pavao shallow off the southern shore of the island of Mljet, Croatia. The shipwreck preserved many personal possessions of the crew as well as a number of bronze artillery pieces and the remains of a cargo of luxury and richly decorated ceramic material from Iznik and other oriental workshops. Although the excavation is not complete, this volume presents the results of the project so far. The methodological and technical aspects of the underwater investigation of the site, mainly by photogrammetry, are described; the historical and archaeological context of navigation in the late Medieval period in the eastern Mediterranean discussed; and the recovered artefacts described and catalogued in detail, together with the remains of the ship and its equipment that, because of depth and of problems of conservation, have been left in situ. The conservation and restoration of the finds are described in an appendix.
Space, Time, and Archaeological Landscapes
Title | Space, Time, and Archaeological Landscapes PDF eBook |
Author | Jaqueline Rossignol |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1489924507 |
The last 20 years have witnessed a proliferation of new approaches in archaeolog ical data recovery, analysis, and theory building that incorporate both new forms of information and new methods for investigating them. The growing importance of survey has meant an expansion of the spatial realm of traditional archaeological data recovery and analysis from its traditional focus on specific locations on the landscape-archaeological sites-to the incorporation of data both on-site and off-site from across extensive regions. Evolving survey methods have led to experiments with nonsite and distributional data recovery as well as the critical evaluation of the definition and role of archaeological sites in data recovery and analysis. In both survey and excavation, the geomorphological analysis of land scapes has become increasingly important in the analysis of archaeological ma terials. Ethnoarchaeology-the use of ethnography to sharpen archaeological understanding of cultural and natural formation processes-has concentrated study on the formation processes underlying the content and structure of archae ological deposits. These actualistic studies consider patterns of deposition at the site level and the material results of human organization at the regional scale. Ethnoarchaeological approaches have also affected research in theoretical ways by expanding investigation into the nature and organization of systems of land use per se, thus providing direction for further study of the material results of those systems.
Mapping the Archaeological Continuum
Title | Mapping the Archaeological Continuum PDF eBook |
Author | Stefano R.L. Campana |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2018-04-25 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3319895729 |
This book addresses the true 'landscape' perspective approach that archaeologists in Italy, and in many parts of the Mediterranean, use to study the archaeology of landscapes, marking a departure from the traditional site-based approach. The aim of the book is to promote the broader application of new paradigms for landscape analysis, combining traditional approaches with multidisciplinary studies as well as comparatively new techniques such as large-scale geophysical surveying, airborne laser scanning and geo-environmental studies. This approach has yielded tangible and striking results in central Italy, clearly demonstrating that identifying the 'archaeological continuum' is a realistic aim, even under the specific environmental and archaeological conditions of the Mediterranean world.
Archaeological Survey and the City
Title | Archaeological Survey and the City PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Johnson |
Publisher | Oxbow Books Limited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Archaeological surveying |
ISBN | 9781842175095 |
7 Tinkering with Urban Survey Data: How Many Sagalassos-es do we Have?8 Amara West: Remote Ssensing at a Pharaonic Town in Northern Sudan; 9 Long-term Integrated Archaeological Prospection at the Roman Town of Carnuntum/Austria; 10 Integrating Aerial Photography, Historical Cartography, Archaeological Excavations and Geophysical Survey on the Roman Colony of Mariana (Corsica, France); 11 Fluxgate Gradiometer and GPR Survey to Locate and Characterize the Perimeter, Early Imperial Centre and Street Network of the Roman Town Mariana (Corsica); 12 Surveying the Townscape of Roman Trea (Picenum)
Fiber Atlas
Title | Fiber Atlas PDF eBook |
Author | Marja-Sisko Ilvessalo-Pfäffli |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2013-03-09 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3662072122 |
This richly-illustrated book presents the information necessary for fiber analysis in the field of pulp and paper. A discussion of raw-material structure and the features used for species identification in pulp is followed up by the description of 117 fiber species. Of these, 83 are wood fibers and 34 are of nonwood origin. The tree species range across all five continents, 29 from Eurasia, 38 from North America and 16 from the southern hemisphere and the tropics. Informative micrographs, identification tables, and distribution maps aid species differentiation, making this atlas ideal for everyone interested in fiber identification.