A dataset of Mediterranean 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/
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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