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Author Beltrame, Carlo, 1969- author.

Title Sveti Pavao shipwreck : a 16th century Venetian merchantman from Mljet, Croatia (with Italian and Croatian abstracts) / by Carlo Beltrame, Sauro Gelichi and Igor Miholjek ; with contributions by Cristiano Alfonso [and thirteen others].

Publication Info. Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Methodological and technical aspects; 2.1: Discovery, research methods and techniques; 2.2: The photogrammetric documentation of the hull; 2.3: The photographical documentation; 2.4: 3-D reconstruction of the hull; Chapter 3: The historical and archaeological maritime context; 3.1: The Adriatic Sea, pottery and shipwrecks in late and post-Medieval period: an archaeological perspective.
3.2: Archaeological traces of Venetian navigation in the Mediterranean and Atlantic from the 16th and the 18th centuriesChapter 4: The shipwreck of Mljet; 4.1: The ship, its equipment and the crew's personal possessions; 4.2: The ordnance; 4.3: A transport of Iznik pottery; 4.4: Other pottery finds; 4.5: Glass finds; 4.6: Metal finds; 4.7: The Ottoman Akches; 4.8: Two Saxony talers; 4.9: Animal bones; 4.10: Considerations of dating and the historical context of the Mljet shipwreck; Chapter 5: Conclusions; Appendix: The conservation and restoration of the finds; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Between 2007 and 2012 the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute from Zagreb and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice collaborated in the recording, underwater excavation and analysis of the unusually well-preserved wreck of a 16th century Venetian merchantman in the Svetti Pavao shallow off the southern shore of the island of Mljet, Croatia. The shipwreck preserved many personal possessions of the crew as well as a number of bronze artillery pieces and the remains of a cargo of luxury and richly decorated ceramic ma.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English, with Italian and Croatian abstracts.
Subject Shipwrecks -- Croatia -- Mljet Island.
Shipwrecks.
Croatia -- Mljet Island.
Merchant ships -- Italy -- Venice.
Merchant ships.
Italy -- Venice.
Underwater archaeology -- Croatia -- Mljet Island.
Underwater archaeology.
Mljet Island -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gelichi, Sauro, author.
Miholjek, Igor, author.
Other Form: Print version: Beltrame, Carlo, 1969- Sveti Pavao shipwreck. Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014 9781782977063 (DLC) 2014018528
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