The Latest Link in the Long Tradition of Maritime Archaeology in Turkey

The Yenikapı Shipwrecks

Bibliographic Data

ID7175358
AuthorsUfuk Kocabaş (0000-0002-8489-929X, Istanbul University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume15
Issue2
Pages309-323
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1179/1461957112y.0000000008
OpenAlexW1964700891
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

Thirty-six shipwrecks dated to the fifth to tenth centuries AD have been discovered in the Theodosian (Byzantine) harbour of Istanbul, in the district of Yenikapı. Under the auspices of the ‘Istanbul University Yenikapı Shipwrecks Project’, carried out by Istanbul University's Department of Conservation of Marine Archaeological Objects, our team has undertaken the recording and dismantling of twenty-seven shipwrecks as well as conservation/restoration and reconstruction projects of thirty-one shipwrecks in total. Shipwrecks of various types and sizes have been exposed since 2005; the majority are still under study

Ancient history · Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Geography · Harbour · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law, logistics, and international trade · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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