The Wismar Ship
The Construction of a Large Clinker-Built Merchant Vessel from the 12th Century AD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12405654 |
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| Authors | Jens Auer (0000-0002-5464-8756, Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesarchäologie, Schwerin, Germany, corresponding author), Massimiliano Ditta (0000-0001-9453-625X, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-316 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-2414 • E-ISSN: 1095-9270 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10572414.2023.2216337 |
| OpenAlex | W4382061157 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In December 2017, archaeologists from the State Service for Culture and Monuments in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany, excavated the remains of a clinker-built cargo vessel in the seaport of Wismar, one of three medieval shipwrecks found during the extension of the port. With riveted outer planking and the presence of bitis, the wreck can be placed in the Nordic clinker shipbuilding tradition. It was built from oak and pine sourced from western Sweden in the period AD 1184–90. The construction shows striking similarities with a number of large 12th-century AD cargo vessels found in northern Germany and Scandinavia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Clinker (cement) · Geography · Period (music · Port (circuit theory · Shipbuilding · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
| Highly cited | No |
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