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A New Type of Composite Anchor Dated to the Fatimid-Crusader Period from the Dead Sea, Israel |
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| Authors: | Asaf Oron Gideon Hadas Nili Liphschitz Georges Bonani |
| Affiliation: | Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Bodrum, Turkey,; Ein Gedi, Israel,; Institute of Archaeology, The Botanical Laboratories, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;; ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, |
| Abstract: | Two composite anchors of a kind not hitherto identified, each composed of a re-used ashlar block, a wooden shank, two arms and a rope, were discovered recently on the Dead Sea shoreline. Two additional anchor weights of identical type were found in the same region. The two well-preserved anchors were dated to the Fatimid-Crusader period. The shank and the arms were made from local tree species: Christ thorn and tamarisk, and both ropes of date-palm. © 2008 The Authors |
| Keywords: | Fatimid-Crusader period new-type composite anchors sailing on the Dead Sea dendroarchaeological research radiocarbon dating |