Serçe Limanı, Volume II
The Glass of an Eleventh-Century Shipwreck
by George F. Bass, Berta Lledó and Sheila Matthews
... from the publisher
For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Serçe Limanı, Turkey, filled with evidence of trade and objects of daily life. The ship, now excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University, trafficked in both the Byzantine and Islamic worlds of its time. Known as “the Glass Wreck,” it bore cargo that included three metric tons of glass cullet, including broken Islamic vessels and eighty pieces of intact glassware, along with various artifacts of ship life.
This second volume of the discovery’s investigation focuses on the excavation, conservation, and study of the glass found in the wreckage.
The extensive catalog will be a valuable tool for archaeologists and scholars of Islamic glass and Islamic trade. Further, the systematic methodology and presentation of such a large undertaking will serve as a model for future study across many disciplines.
Critical Acclaim for Serçe Limanı, Volume II
"This book fixes the "Glass Wreck" in the canon of nautical archaeological research and literature."
- Nautical Research Journal
"The clear description and the simple readable drawings set the standard for future reports."
- The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
Serçe Limanı
978-1-60344-064-6 cloth $150.00x
(INA Members price: $105.00)
LC 20021554214. 9x12. 544 pp. 44 color, 100 b&w photos.
1,000 drawings. 938 line art.
3 maps. 17 site plans. 12 tables. 3 charts.
Bib. Index. Nautical Archaeology. Classics. World History,
July, 2009.
