R Yorke
Biographic Data
| ID | 6434119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Yorke |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Yorke |
| SIGNATURE | YORKE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Sussex County Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Harbour at Ptolemais
This article describes fieldwork undertaken in 1972 at the harbour of the Hellenistic city of Ptolemais at Tolmeita in Cyrenaica, Libya. This survey has shown that the city possessed a sophisticated Hellenistic harbour installation, now submerged by some 2 m. It consisted of a small fishing harbour and a larger commercial harbour protected by extensive stone breakwaters built around two offshore islands. Between the harbours, remains were found u…
The Enigma of the Great Thapsus Harbour Mole
On the East coast of Tunisia, between Sousse and Sfax, lie the scant remains of the ancient city of Thapsus, notable mainly for a battle fought in the civil war in 46 BC. Visits by the authors resulted in the discovery of one of the longest-known harbour moles in the entire Roman Empire. No ancient sources make reference to any work of such magnitude and the paper suggests that the harbour was never completed, but might have been started by the l…
Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in International Waters adjacent to the UK
The Unesco Convention and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in International Waters
Offshore survey of the harbours of Carthage
Offshore survey at Carthage, Tunisia, 1973
Offshore survey at Carthage, Tunisia, 1973
The Harbour at Ptolemais
This article describes fieldwork undertaken in 1972 at the harbour of the Hellenistic city of Ptolemais at Tolmeita in Cyrenaica, Libya. This survey has shown that the city possessed a sophisticated Hellenistic harbour installation, now submerged by some 2 m. It consisted of a small fishing harbour and a larger commercial harbour protected by extensive stone breakwaters built around two offshore islands. Between the harbours, remains were found u…
Offshore survey of the harbours of Carthage
The Enigma of the Great Thapsus Harbour Mole
On the East coast of Tunisia, between Sousse and Sfax, lie the scant remains of the ancient city of Thapsus, notable mainly for a battle fought in the civil war in 46 BC. Visits by the authors resulted in the discovery of one of the longest-known harbour moles in the entire Roman Empire. No ancient sources make reference to any work of such magnitude and the paper suggests that the harbour was never completed, but might have been started by the l…
Offshore survey at Carthage, Tunisia, 1973
Offshore survey of the harbours of Carthage
The Unesco Convention and the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in International Waters
Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in International Waters adjacent to the UK
The Enigma of the Great Thapsus Harbour Mole
On the East coast of Tunisia, between Sousse and Sfax, lie the scant remains of the ancient city of Thapsus, notable mainly for a battle fought in the civil war in 46 BC. Visits by the authors resulted in the discovery of one of the longest-known harbour moles in the entire Roman Empire. No ancient sources make reference to any work of such magnitude and the paper suggests that the harbour was never completed, but might have been started by the l…
The Harbour at Ptolemais
This article describes fieldwork undertaken in 1972 at the harbour of the Hellenistic city of Ptolemais at Tolmeita in Cyrenaica, Libya. This survey has shown that the city possessed a sophisticated Hellenistic harbour installation, now submerged by some 2 m. It consisted of a small fishing harbour and a larger commercial harbour protected by extensive stone breakwaters built around two offshore islands. Between the harbours, remains were found u…
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)