Toward Systematic Underwater Survey of Mediterranean Maritime Activity along the Southern Turkish Coast

ÖZDAŞ A. H., Leidwanger J., Gross J., KIZILDAĞ N.

JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, cilt.47, sa.5, ss.324-340, 2022 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00934690.2022.2076189
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, Humanities Abstracts, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Old Testament Abstracts Online, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.324-340
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Late Antiquity, Kekova Adasi, photogrammetry, shipwreck, jettison, port, anchorage, quantification, SEA, SHIPWRECK, SITE
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study offers a methodology for field survey and analysis of artifact-rich contexts in near-shore waters. Faced with mixed deposition of fragmentary ceramics and other materials along the tectonically active southern Turkish coast at Kekova Adasi, we combined rapid artifact counts, in situ object documentation, large-area photogrammetry, and selective artifact sampling. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of published shipwrecks and anchorages, as well as onshore port assemblages throughout the area, facilitate comparison with these mixed maritime remains at Kekova Adasi, allowing signatures to be distinguished among different depositional contexts, from transshipment and anchoring to harbor tasks and local consumption. The approach provides a framework to evaluate more systematically the underwater survey finds from complex and disturbed contexts and to analyze a broader range of often-overlooked archaeological data in the study of the many maritime activities and interactions that marked the coastal waters of the ancient Mediterranean.