Research Catalog

Title

Dana Island : the greatest shipyard of the ancient mediterranean / edited by Hakan Öniz ; English editor, T. Mikhail P. Duggan.

Publication

• Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Oniz, Hakan
• Duggan, T. Mikail P.

Description

xv, 209 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color); 25 cm.

Summary

Dana Island: The Greatest Shipyard of the Ancient Mediterranean presents the dramatic archaeological discoveries from Dana Island, off the coast of Rough Cilicia in southern Turkey, where underwater investigations and surface survey in advance of excavation have revealed nearly 300 ancient rock-cut slipways, the largest number of such naval installations discovered to date. Further slipways have been lost to erosion or await excavation. The slipways accommodated a range of different sizes of warship and are identified as ship-sheds, grouped within a shipyard area, behind which are various structures seen as workshops used in shipbuilding, as well as living spaces, military and religious buildings, managerial facilities, barn areas for animals, baths and dock areas, shops, villas, columned areas, watchtowers, and many other buildings whose functions cannot yet be understood. The majority are mortarless stone structures, and some of the architectural forms show resemblances to Iron Age masonry. The volume presents and analyses the slipways, their use and possible dating. Water supply is discussed, and cisterns documented. Further chapters focus on the tombs found on the island, its geology, plant usage, and the geoarchaeology of the island's structures. Extensive contextual sections review the island's geographical situation and ancient naval history. Finally, computer modelling is used to produce stunning 3D visualisations of the ancient shipyard and naval base.

Series Statement

Archaeopress archaeology

Uniform Title

Archaeopress archaeology.

Subject

• Underwater archaeology > Turkey
• Shipbuilding > Turkey > History
• Antiquities
• Shipbuilding
• Underwater archaeology
• Dana Island (Turkey) > Antiquities
• Dana Island (Turkey) > History
• Turkey

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JFF 21-1004

ISBN

• 1789699517
• 9781789699517

OCLC

1260133230

Title

Dana Island : the greatest shipyard of the ancient mediterranean / edited by Hakan Öniz ; English editor, T. Mikhail P. Duggan.

Publisher

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Archaeopress archaeology

Archaeopress archaeology.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Oniz, Hakan, editor.

Duggan, T. Mikail P., editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 21-1004