Over the millennia, the Mediterranean Sea has represented the
crossroad between civilizations and trade that left important evi-
dence on the seabed. The most frequent artefacts recovered from
underwater archaeological excavations mainly consist of transport
amphorae which represented, in ancient times, the most suitable
vessels for the circulation of trade products. Therefore, a detailed
archaeometric study of such ceramic artefacts can lead to the
acquisition of information on their provenance and to track the
most likely ancient trade routes of ships. This issue has significant
social, economic and cultural implications, as it overcomes lacking
of written sources.
The present contribution focuses on the archaeometric study of
Dressel 1 amphorae (Fig. 1), recovered from a shipwreck ..... READ MORE (pdf file)
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