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A dataset of Mediterranean shipwrecks.

Usage

shipwrecks

Format

A data.frame with 1784 observations (wrecks) and 13 variables:

name

character: wreck name.

sea

character: region of the sea where the wreck was discovered.

country

character: country where the wreck was discovered.

region

character: region where the wreck was discovered.

depth_min

integer: minimum depth of the wreck (m).

depth_max

integer: maximum depth of the wreck (m).

depth

character: depth of the wreck (m).

period

character: chronology (period).

dating

character: chronology (dating).

date_early

integer: earliest date.

date_late

integer: latest date.

origin

character: place of origin.

destination

character: 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