The Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report, Volume I

History of the Excavation, Amphoras, Ceramics, Coins and Evidence for Dating

Susan Womer Katzev, Helena Wylde Swiny (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

2022
Oxbow Books (Verlag)
978-1-78570-752-0 (ISBN)

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Presents the results of excavation of the Kyrenia ship, the best preserved and dated example of a Greek merchantman wrecked in the early 3rd century BC.

The Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College. The importance of this ship lies in the exceptionally well-preserved hull that provided new insights into ancient shipbuilding, as well as the cargo it carried. The hold was stacked with transport amphoras of various types made on Rhodes, with a few examples from Samos, Kos, Knidos and Cyprus (?), supplemented by a consignment of millstones, iron billets and almonds.

The cabin pottery from Rhodes also suggests this was the vessel’s home port, a conclusion supported by most of the scientific ceramic analyses. Its trade route included Rhodes, Cyprus and the Levant with perhaps Egypt as a final destination.

This volume provides a detailed history of the excavation followed by definitive studies of the amphora cargo and the pottery associated with shipboard life. Some of the amphora stamps suggest that the ship sank between 294 and 291 BC, dates corroborated by the cabin wares. The repetition of four drinking cups (kantharoi), oil containers (gutti), wine measures (olpai), as well as bowls and saucers, suggests that the ship was sailed by a crew of four. Seven bronze coins were recovered, five minted in the name of Alexander the Great and one well-known type of Ptolemy I produced only on Cyprus.

Susan Womer Katzev trained as a sculptor. She worked as an artist on Roman and Early Byzantine shipwrecks at Yassi Ada, Turkey and then served as draughtsperson photographer, and director and writer for a film documenting the Kyrenia Ship excavations of Michael L. Katzev. Since Michael’s death in 2001 she has been working to complete the series of publications on the Kyrenia Ship. Helena Wylde Swiny received a Postdoctorate Degree from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. As architect/diver she recorded the Kyrenia Ship from 1968 onwards. She has excavated in Italy, Iran, Afghanistan and Cyprus. She is a Research Associate at Harvard University.

List of figures and tables

Preface

Susan Womer Katzev

1. Introduction

1.1. Introduction

Susan Womer Katzev

1.2. Dedication to Michael and Susan W. Katzev from excavation members

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny with contributions from David I. Owen, Robert K. “Chip” Vincent, Stephen J. Scheifele, Owen Gander, and Robin C. M. Piercy

1.3. Thanks to Laina

Susan Womer Katzev

1.4. In thanks to all who helped

Susan Womer Katzev with Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Robin C. M. Piercy

2. The excavation

2.1. How it began

Michael L. Katzev† [assembled by Susan Womer Katzev and Mary C. Sturgeon]

2.2. Kyrenia shipwreck remote sensing analysis

Jeremy N. Green

2.3. Kyrenia Ship data

2.3a. Labeling excavation objects

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev

2.3b. Data explanation: creating the amphora plans

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev

2.3c. The Kyrenia Ship Application

Thomas Myette

2.4. Evidence for Octopodia activity on the wreck site

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev

3. Amphoras

3.1. The transport amphoras

Mark Lawall

3.2. Observations on amphora distribution

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev

3.3. Analysis of resins from the Kyrenia Ship

Curt Beck† and Dorreen J. Ossenkop

3.4. Tales from taphonomic amphoras: marine biofouling as interpretive ecological tool on wreck-site formation

Carlos Jimenez, Katerina Achilleos, Antonis Petrou, and Louis Hadjioannou

3.5. Wreck site formation process: the wse of bryozoans

Katerina Achilleos, Carlos Jimenez, and Antonis Petrou

4. Goods of the crew

4.1. The goods of the crew

Andrea M. Berlin

4.2. Graffiti on the ship’s ceramics

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny, Susan Womer Katzev, Alan Johnston, Christopher Rollston, and Jo Ann Hackett

4.3. Wood identifications of objects in Volume I

Nili Liphschitz†

4.4. Plotting shipboard life: observations from the find spots of objects related to life on board the Kyrenia Ship

Helena (Laina) Wylde Swiny and Susan Womer Katzev

5. Ceramic analyses

5.1. Neutron Activation Analysis of ceramic samples from the Kyrenia Ship

Michael D. Glascock and Leslie G. Cecil

5.2. Petrographic analysis of the ceramics from the Kyrenia Ship

Yuval Goren

5.3. Organic residue analysis of pottery recovered from the Kyrenia Ship

Joseph A. Palatinus with Ruth F. Beeston

5.4. GC-MS analysis of contaminated Kyrenia Ship ceramic samples

Vic Garner† and Holley Martlew

5.5. Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the Kyrenia Ship: searching for past contents

Lisa Briggs and Léa Drieu

6. Coins

6.1. The coins

Paul W. Keen

7. Conclusions

7.1. Summary closing wrap-up: what’s to come in Volumes II and III

Susan Womer Katzev

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2019
Zusatzinfo	b/w and colour + additional folder of plans
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-78570-752-3 / 1785707523
ISBN-13	978-1-78570-752-0 / 9781785707520
Zustand	Neuware