The Mortella III wreck : a spotlight on Mediterranean shipbuilding of the 16th century / Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cazenave de la Roche, Arnaud, 1965- author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2976.

BAR international series ; 2976

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding--Mediterranean Region--History--16th century.

Shipbuilding.

Underwater archaeology--France--Corsica.

Underwater archaeology.

Shipwrecks--France--Corsica.

Shipwrecks.

Excavations (Archaeology)--France.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mortella Site (France).

France.

France--Corsica.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 222 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

During the Renaissance period, Mediterranean shipbuilding-particularly Italian-was renowned for its quality. But it is largely unappreciated today due to the scarcity of written sources and the lack of archaeological documentation. The discovery of the Mortella wrecks in Saint-Florent, Corsica, in 2005-2006, and the 2010-2019 excavation of the 16th century Mortella III, helps to fill these gaps. The main objective of this archaeological study is to identify 'technical fingerprints' and 'architectural traits' that could contribute to the formulation of an Italo-Mediterranean shipbuilding model from the early modern period. The analysis is based on comparisons with archaeological data from other wrecks of the period as well as written sources.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 30, 2020).

ISBN:

9781407356228

1407356224

OCLC:

1222213913