Antalya-Kumluca Bronze Age Shipwreck 2019 studies—first analyses

Bibliographic Data

ID10330481
AuthorsHakan Öniz (0000-0002-5682-7117, Division of Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Art. Division of Mediterranean Underwater Cultural Heritage Research, Institute of Mediterranean Civilizations, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume151
Issue3-4
Pages172-183
Publication date2019-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePalestine Exploration Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0328 • E-ISSN: 1743-1301
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00310328.2019.1700640
OpenAlexW3004546364
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

In 2018, a wreck carrying pillow-shaped copper ingots was found off the shores of the Kumluca District of Antalya. This shipwreck, which can be dated to 16th–15th B.C., probably belongs to a merchant vessel that sank as a result of hitting the shore during a storm. Work on the vessel, which sank in ancient Lycia, began in the summer of 2019. A sample of ingots was removed from the shipwreck and one of the ingots was found to be marked for shipment: an early example of such signs, many of which were seen in the Late Bronze Age. XRF analyses conducted by Antalya Conservation and Restoration Laboratory show that the samples taken from pillow and bun-shaped ingots of the main cargo are copper

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Shore · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Oceanography

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