The first ship completely excavated on the sea bed dates from 1200 B.C., this age; the metal was much of its cargo
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late bronze age shipwreck  4 -> a land mark excavation - the 1st excavation of a shipwreck in deep water in ... rocky sea bed - currents - meant that little of the hull was ever covered over with ... Slide: - CONCRETED MATERIALS - most of the metal artifacts on the vessel ... that the master of this small ship, which can be dated to about 1200 B C was a...
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Cape Gelidonya and Uluburun - Archaeology Magazine  Dating to around 1200 B.C., the vessel was most likely the possession of an itinerant ... scrap bronze tools, weapons, and other objects, as well as metal-working tools. ... were more likely to have controlled those ancient trades and seas. ... and 198494 excavation of the Uluburun wreck, which dates to around 1330 B.C....
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The Thirteenth Century BC - 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization ...  He reported seeing metal biscuits with ears lying on the seabed during one of the first ... ship en route to the Aegean that had sunk in approximately 1200 BC, met with ... Bass had therefore sworn to find and excavate another Bronze Age ship at .... In addition to its primary cargo of ten tons of Cypriot copper, one ton of tin,...
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Free Flashcards about ARCHAEOLOGY - StudyStack  THE FIRST SHIP COMPLETELY EXCAVATED ON THE SEA BED DATES FROM 1200 B.C., THIS AGE; THE METAL WAS MUCH OF ITS CARGO, BRONZE.
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Maritime archaeology - Wikipedia  Maritime archaeology is a discipline within archaeology as a whole that specifically studies ... Archaeological material in the sea or in other underwater environments is ... Of the many examples where the sea bed provides an extremely hostile ... Comparative evidence shows that all iron and steel ships, especially those in a...
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Pre-industrial armoured ships - Wikipedia  There are recorded incidents of armour having been employed in naval warfare prior to the introduction of the ironclad warship in both Europe and in East Asia, in the form of wooden ships or ships of composite construction (wooden planking on iron frames) armoured with thick metal plates. ... metal armoured warships combined with naval artillery from the 16th century.
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Mexico, Maritime History and World Seaports during the 1800s. The ...  The gold was transported to the port of Cartagena for shipment to Spain. .... In the first days of July an American steamer put into La Paz. .... but now a stiff breeze was blowing down the Gulf, and the ship was so often "half seas over" .... was caused by trading on the Mexican coast, between Guaymas, Mazatlan and San Bias.
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Morning Buzz, May 6, 2002 - SportsBusiness Daily | SportsBusiness ...  May 6, 2002 ... category was "Famous Ships." "In 1999 the wreck of this ship, known for its historic 1912 rescue effort, was discovered 120 miles off England."...
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a report on stage 1: five seasons of excavation - Queensland Museum  Properly acknowledged quotations may be made but queries regarding ... In 1790 the Pandora, a 24 gun frigate sailed from England to Tahiti in pursuit of ... recapture HMS Bounty and bring to justice 25 .... than one thousand entries. ... crew to bring the Bounty back to England after ..... when it failed to return from a search of.
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Iron Age - Wikipedia  The Iron Age is an archaeological era, referring to a period of time in the prehistory and ... Meteoric iron has been used by humans since at least 3200 BC, but ancient iron ... In most parts of the world, its end is defined by the widespread adoption of ... The earliest known iron artifacts are nine small beads, dated to 3200 BC,...
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The Development of Maritime Archaeology as a Discipline and the ...  As late as the 1970s, Keith Muckelroy (1978:10) noted that maritime archaeology ... Many of the early advances in maritime archaeology were made by avocationals or .... research-oriented excavation of a shipwreck in American waters. ... Another Armada wreck, El Gran Grifon, was discovered north of Scotland in 1970, and...
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The Channel to the Sea | Lexikus  North European seaports were originally set at the point where river and ocean ... How far inland they could penetrate is indicated by the fact that one of the ... The Elbe valley from the sea to a point above Hamburg was originally a bay of the North Sea. ... In all of them, large ships can enter only at the higher stages of water.
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Caravel Europe 1400 CE - The Mariners' Museum | EXPLORATION ...  In the 1440s, a caravel style ship could be found in the Atlantic Sea and the ... Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal started exploring the West African ... merchantman could not sail effectively through the winds and currents along the coast.
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Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia  Based on drawings and models from ancient Egypt, the first boat, named Ra (after the Egyptian Sun god), was constructed by boat builders from Lake Chad using papyrus reed obtained from Lake Tana in Ethiopia and launched into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Morocco.
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Four Scandinavian ship graffiti from Hagia Sophia: Byzantine and ...  This paper is the first presentation of four graffiti from the church of Hagia Sophia, .... All we can say with any assurance is that the upper galleries were a ..... The ships excavated at these famous sites provided an insight into the shipbuilding of the early ... the ships of the late Viking Age and the earlier ship-type from Norway.
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History of Oceanography  A. Ancient people living along the coast must have been very curious about the regions underneath the ... Around 10000 years ago western Europe was colonized by peoples from Africa who must have ... Herodotus claims that the Phoenicians had circumnavigated Africa by 600 B.C. fully 2000 years before the Portuguese.
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Vinland Archeology  Excavations revealed a number of artifacts that are diagnostic of a Viking site. ... evidence of iron-smelting and forging, and hearth charcoal is dated to A.D. 1000. ... The excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows provide a small bit of evidence for these ... because there were no Dorset people living in Newfoundland at this time.
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Greeks sailed the seas over 10,000 years ago  Obsidian tools dating back to 8,500 BCE were found in the Frachthi Cave in the ... waters around Melos was making its way miles away to the mainland and to other ... drawn the conclusion that pre-Bronze Age Greeks must have constructed a ... .org/research/volcanic-artifacts-imply-ice-age-mariners-in-prehistoric-greece.
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Passenger Ships - 19th Century - GlobalSecurity.org  Jul 7, 2011 ... By 1840 there were several lines of sailing vessels in operation between ... The Britannia carried ninety cabin passengers on her first trip, departing ... The first iron transatlantic screw steam-ship was the City of Glasgow, built on .... before any of the wellknown passenger lines ventured to use it, and its first...
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Transatlantic crossing: Did Phoenicians beat Columbus by 2000 ...  Mar 5, 2013 ... Transatlantic crossing: Did Phoenicians beat Columbus by 2000 years? ... trees perfect for building strong boats, they were the first to use iron nails, .... Ship captains of the future won't be salty sea dogs with their hand at the...
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Port history | Port Autonome de Papeete  Besides, because of this richness of water, we called the capital city Papeete ... Papeete becoming the economic and political centre of French Polynesia, ... Quickly the Port became an important port of call, receiving numerous whaling ships and ... At the end of the 19th century, the first wharf built for receiving cargo ships...