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The Latest Link in the Long Tradition of Maritime Archaeology in Turkey: The Yenikapı Shipwrecks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Ufuk Kocabaş
Ufuk Kocabaş*
Affiliation:
Istanbul University, Turkey
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Abstract

Thirty-six shipwrecks dated to the fifth to tenth centuries AD have been discovered in the Theodosian (Byzantine) harbour of Istanbul, in the district of Yenikapı. Under the auspices of the ‘Istanbul University Yenikapı Shipwrecks Project’, carried out by Istanbul University's Department of Conservation of Marine Archaeological Objects, our team has undertaken the recording and dismantling of twenty-seven shipwrecks as well as conservation/restoration and reconstruction projects of thirty-one shipwrecks in total. Shipwrecks of various types and sizes have been exposed since 2005; the majority are still under study.

Dans le port byzantin de Théodose à Istanbul, dans le quartier de Yenakapı, ont été découvertes trente-six épaves datées du cinquième au dixième siècle AD. Sous les auspices du ‘Projet des épaves de Yenakapı de l'Université d'Istanbul', exécuté par le département de conservation des objets archéologiques marins de l'Université d'Istanbul, notre équipe a enregistré et démonté vingt-sept épaves, ainsi que travaillé sur des projets de conservation/restauration et de reconstruction d'en tout trente et unes épaves. Depuis 2005 des épaves de différents types et tailles ont été exposées; la majorité est toujours à l'étude. Translation by Isabelle Gerges

Zusammenfassung

Zusammenfassung

36 Schiffswracks, die in einen Zeitraum vom 5. bis zum 10. Jh. AD datieren, wurden im byzantinischen Hafen Kaiser Theodosius I. im Istanbuler Stadtteil Yenikapı entdeckt. Unter der Leitung des ‘Istanbul University Yenikapı Shipwrecks Project’, das von der Abteilung zur Konservierung meeresarchäologischer Objekte der Universität Istanbul durchgeführt wird, hat unser Team 27 Wracks dokumentiert und geborgen sowie Konservierungs- bzw. Restaurierungs- sowie Rekonstruktionsprojekte von insgesamt 31 Schiffswracks unternommen. Wracks verschiedener Typen und Größen wurden seit 2005 freigelegt; die Mehrzahl wird noch immer untersucht. Translation by Heiner Schwarzberg

Keywords

Theodosian harbourYenikapı shipwrecksboat archaeologyship archaeologywaterlogged woodconservationPort de théodoseÉpaves de YenikapıArchéologie des BateauxArchéologie des NaviresBois Gorgé d'EauConservationHafen des TheodosiusYenikapı SchiffswracksBootsarchäologieSchiffsarchäologieNassholzKonservation
Type
Special Section - Underwater Archaeology: Research and Heritage Management
Information
European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , 2012 , pp. 309 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © European Association of Archaeologists 2012 

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