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Between 1999 and 2001, underwater excavations off the western coast of Turkey at Tektaş Burnu brought to light new evidence for ancient Greek trade, in the form of a small merchant ship that was wrecked between 440 and 425 B.C. Chapter 1 summarizes the archaeological remains of …

In the early 1980s Bulgarian archaeologists of the newly established Centre for Underwater Archaeology at Sozopol discovered the remains of a post-medieval ship in the southern Bay of Kitten, in the lee of Cape Urdoviza. Between 2000 and 2003, the Institute of Nautical Archaeolo…

This thesis examines and argues that the shipboard narratives and material culture related to black enslaved women from 1700 through 1886 further illuminates gendered experiences. The study analyses the role of these African women through a maritime and archaeological lens, asse…