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A dataset of mediterranean shipwrecks.

Usage

shipwrecks

Format

A data.frame with 1784 rows and 13 variables:

name

Wreck name.

sea

Region of the sea where the wreck was discovered.

country

Country where the wreck was discovered.

region

Region where the wreck was discovered.

depth_min

Minimum depth of the wreck (m).

depth_max

Maximum depth of the wreck (m).

depth

Depth of the wreck (m).

period

Period.

dating

Dating.

date_early

Earliest date.

date_late

Latest date.

origin

Place of origin.

destination

Place of destination.

Source

Strauss, J. (2013). Shipwrecks Database. Version 1.0. Accessed 2022-08-13. URL: http://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/databases/shipwrecks_database/

Note

This dataset contains typos and needs to be normalized.

References

Parker, A. J. (1992). Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman Provinces. British Archaeological Reports International Series 580. Oxford.

Strauss, E. J. (2007). Roman Cargoes: Underwater Evidence from the Eastern Mediterranean. Doctoral thesis, University College London. URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1349806.

See also

Other artefact data: munsingen