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Location: Playa de la Isla , off the coast of Mazarron, Spain: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Site of a sunken ship: History; Founded: 7th–6th century BC: Abandoned: 7th–6th century BC: Periods: Iron Age: Cultures: Phoenician, Iberian: Site notes; Discovered: 1988 (Mazarrón I) 1994 (Mazarrón II): Condition: Conserved at the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena: Ownership: Spain: The ...
The National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática - ARQVA) is a underwater archaeology museum in Cartagena in Murcia, Spain. It owns a large collection of pieces recovered from shipwrecks that begins with the Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón and goes on into the 19th century. [ 1 ]
Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline within archaeology as a whole that specifically studies human interaction with the sea, [1] lakes and rivers through the study of associated physical remains, be they vessels, shore-side facilities, port-related structures, cargoes, human remains and submerged landscapes. [2]
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Archaeology suggests that the original settlers arrived by sea, importing domestic animals such as goats, sheep, pigs and dogs and grains such as wheat, barley and lentils.They also brought with them a set of well-defined socio-cultural practices that seem to have originated and been in use for a long period of time elsewhere.
There are many reasons why underwater archaeology can make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the past. In the shipwreck field alone, individual shipwrecks can be of significant historical importance either because of the magnitude of loss of life (such as the Titanic) or circumstances of loss (Housatonic was the first vessel in history sunk by an enemy submarine).
The deadly flooding that rocked Spain this week following intense, historic rainfall is so expansive and severe the area looked like an inland sea from space.. A year’s worth of rain fell in ...
Excavations at the site of Gran Dolina, in the Atapuerca Mountains, Spain, 2008 Excavations at Faras, Sudan, 1960s Excavations at the cave of Santa Ana (Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain) In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. [1] An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied.