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Archaeology takes a long time to put everything together after the fieldwork ends. Diggin for a new subway in Istanbul uncovered a Byzantine harbor chock full of wrecks:
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A paper about a well used and abused 7th Century merchantman is on line at:
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It's an interesting article, especially how often and for how long the ship was repaired with minimally worked timbers. Without power tools you are going to want to keep shaping to a minimum. And there are lines plans!
Turkey: Yenikapı - World Archaeology
One of the most spectacular excavations in the world today is in the Great Harbour, built by Theodosius I in Constantinople (Istanbul). So far, 36 shipwrecks have been discovered – most dating to the 6th to 7th centuries AD – making it by far the biggest collection of craft known from...
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The Hull of Yenikapı Shipwreck YK 11: a 7th-century merchant vessel from Constantinople's Theodosian Harbour
YK 11, a small, heavily repaired merchantman, was one of 37 Byzantine shipwrecks excavated at Yenikapı in Istanbul, Turkey. This 7th-century hull, abandoned in the harbour as a derelict, was studied by archaeologists from the Institute of Nautical
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It's an interesting article, especially how often and for how long the ship was repaired with minimally worked timbers. Without power tools you are going to want to keep shaping to a minimum. And there are lines plans!
