The Zeebrugge shipwreck : a forgotten early sixteenth-century merchantman discovered off the Belgian coast /

The Zeebrugge shipwreck : a forgotten early sixteenth-century merchantman discovered off the Belgian coast /

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Author / Creator:	Lettany, Hendrik, author.
Imprint:	Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xii, 106 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, charts (some color) ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	BAR international series ; 2898 BAR international series ; 2898.
Subject:	Underwater archaeology -- Belgium -- Zeebrugge. Coastal archaeology -- Belgium -- Zeebrugge. Shipwrecks -- Belgium -- Zeebrugge. Merchant ships -- History -- 16th century. Coastal archaeology. Merchant ships. Shipwrecks. Underwater archaeology. Belgium -- Zeebrugge. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11667415

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ISBN:	1407316044 9781407316048
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106).
Summary:	In the 1990s, large numbers of mainly metal objects were discovered off the Belgian coast near the port of Zeebrugge, indicating the location of an early modern wreck-site. Though at this time no appropriate legislation in regard to such a procedure existed in Belgium, the discoverer of the finds nonetheless initiated the excavation and study of this underwater site with a team of professional divers and amateur archaeologists. Unfortunately, the project was never finalised and the data related to the excavation ended up unpublished and dispersed among several members of the excavation team. Now, more than 25 years later, the author of this book aims to collect, analyse, and reassess the initial data related to the excavation, in order to propose a substantiated interpretation of this forgotten site. In order to understand the available data, Hendrik Lettany first explores the circumstances of the excavation. The resulting data, together with the actual archaeological collection from the excavation, are then carefully discussed and interpreted. Nearby shipwrecks also discussed include the Anna Catharina, the 't Vliegent Hart, and the SS Samselbu.

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