A Late Bronze Age Shipwreck with a Metal Cargo from Hishuley Carmel,Israel |
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| Authors: | Ehud Galili Noel Gale Baruch Rosen |
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| Institution: | 1. Israel Antiquities Authority, and Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, POB 180 Atlit 30300, Israel, udi@israntique.org.il;2. Isotrace Laboratory, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1NF, UK;3. Israel Antiquities Authority, POB 180 Atlit 30300, Israel |
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| Abstract: | A 13th‐century‐BC shipwreck site, Hishuley Carmel, is described and discussed. It provides direct evidence for marine transport of copper and tin along the Israeli coast and may indicate inland and maritime trade‐routes of metals in the Mediterranean. The shipwreck represents a supply‐system providing the demand for bronze in the Levant. Trace‐elements and lead‐isotope analysis suggest that the copper came from Cyprus, similarly to bun and oxhide ingots from Uluburun. The source of the tin cannot yet be ascertained. The medium‐size ship was probably grounded and wrecked during a storm. Some of the cargo may have been salvaged in Antiquity. © 2012 The Authors |
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| Keywords: | Carmel coast marine archaeology tin copper lead isotopes stone anchors |
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