A dataset of mediterranean 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/
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:
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