ULUBURUN – THE DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN SHIPWRECK

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  • N. Fawcett Stellenbosch University
  • J.C. Zietsman Stellenbosch University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7445/46-0-116

Abstract

The oldest and most exciting shipwreck ever discovered is that of a 15 metre Syro-Palestinian trading vessel whose cargo was sighted on the sea-bed by a sponge diver off a promontory called Uluburun, near Kas, on the south Turkish coast. The ship dates from about 1300 BC. According to Wachsmann (1998:xi) “The Uluburun shipwreck is without doubt the single most significant key to understanding Bronze Age seafaring”, and Bass (1998:49) adds that “few if any Bronze Age excavations in the past 50 years have been more important than the Uluburun shipwreck.”

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Published

2012-03-30

How to Cite

Fawcett, N., & Zietsman, J. (2012). ULUBURUN – THE DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN SHIPWRECK. Akroterion, 46. https://doi.org/10.7445/46-0-116

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