Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

Country/region:

Greece/Central Aegean

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

38.52272059 , 26.18355466

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Late Roman/Byzantine

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Site Description

Shipwreck located at a depth of 32 m. and covering a 13 x 10 m. area. The main cargo seems to have been composed of Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1), 5 vessels were collected during the underwater operations. Each collected LRA 1 had minor differences in morphology. Dated to the 6th-7th c.

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Related Images

Photomosaic of the southern Prasonisi shipwreck (Theodoulou et al. 2015a, fig. 5)

Vessels 5

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Chios 10 EUA Inv. BE2007-21-1

Transport amphora

Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

6th-7th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

Chios 10 EUA Inv. BE2007-21-4

Transport amphora

Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

6th-7th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

Chios 10 EUA Inv. BE2007-21-5

Transport amphora

Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

6th-7th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

Chios 10 EUA Inv. BE2007-21-3

Transport amphora

Chios site 10, South Prasonisi Islet south (shipwreck)

6th-7th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Theodoulou, Th.; Foley, B.; Kourkoumelis, D.; and Preka-Alexandri, K.. "Roman amphora cargoes in the sea of Chios—the 2008 mission" in Per terram, per mare: seaborne trade and the distribution of Roman amphorae in the Mediterranean, ed(s). A. B. Knapp and S. Demesticha. Studies in Mediterranean archaeology and literature Pocket-book 180. Uppsala: Åströms förlag, 2015a, 41–54 , Page(s) 48-50, Figure 6A-C, Figure 7D, Figure 8E, Table 2.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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