Stone anchors from the Mediterranean coasts of Anatolia, Turkey: Underwater surveys and archaeometrical investigations

Evrin V., Oke G., Turkemnoglu A., Demirci S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, vol.31, no.2, pp.254-267, 2002 (AHCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1006/ijna.2002.1033
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, L'Année philologique, American History and Life, Anthropological Literature, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.254-267
  • Keywords: Stone anchor, underwater archaeology, maritime trade-routes, METU Subaqua Society, SHIPWRECK, EGYPT
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study is mainly based on the expeditions and underwater study of stone anchors from the Cilician coast, Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology and the Kas Uluburun wreck. The stone anchors found on the Cilician coast are very similar to eastern Mediterranean stone anchors with respect to shape and characteristics. The stone anchors from BMUA and KUW were examined by thin section and XRD analysis. They are made of volcanic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The study indicates that the anchors are similar to others found in the Mediterranean.