Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

Country/region:

Israel/Carmel coastal plain

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

32.555278 , 34.905886

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Site Description

The shipwreck is located at a depth of some 2 m. and covers an area of 19.6 x 4.9 m. An assemblage of some 38 amphoras, including Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) was uncovered. The chronology (mid-7th to mid-8th c.) was confirmed by C14 analysis. Petrographic analysis on one LRA 1 vessel indicated a possible Cypriot origin.

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Related Images

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Vessels 7

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Maʻagan Mikhael B Creisher et al. 2019 Fig. 2.1

Transport amphora

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

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Byzantine

Ma'agan Mikhael B_M003

Amphora

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

630–750 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Ma'agan Mikhael B_336

Amphora

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

630–750 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Ma'agan Mikhael B_3008

Amphora

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

630-750 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Break Photos 1

Ma'agan Mikhael B_M010

Amphora

Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

650-700 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Petrographic Samples 3

MMB_81
Ma'agan Mikhael B_M010
Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

650-700 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Polarized Light?
PPL

MMB_91
Ma'agan Mikhael B_M004
Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

650-700 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Polarized Light?
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MMB_27
Ma'agan Mikhael B_343.4
Ma'agan Mikhael B Shipwreck

650-700 CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Polarized Light?
PPL

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Late Roman Amphora 5 (LRA 5)

c.100 CE to c.700 CE

Late Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

Egypt/Nile Clay with Calcareous Inclusions

Egypt/Nile Clay with Plant Remains

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Cohen, M., and Creisher, M.. "The Maʻagan Mikhael B Shipwreck: Preliminary report. In ‘Under the Mediterranean’ The Honor Frost Foundation Conference on Mediterranean Maritime Archaeology 20th–23rd October 2017 Short Report Series.", 2020. Honor Frost Foundation, https://honorfrostfoundation.org/publications/short-reports/under-the-mediterranean/, February 2024 , Figure 2.1.
Cohen, M., and Cvikel, D.. "Ma’agan Mikhael B, Israel: a preliminary report of a Late Byzantine–Early Islamic period shipwreck." The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 48 (1) (2019), 189–207 , Page 197.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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