It was loaded with wine Amphoras of the
city of Mende on the Macedonian coast, as well as of the islands from
Skopelos, (old Peparethos) and Alonnesos (old Ikos). All these
places were famous in the antiquity for the quality of their wines,
which were exported all over the Mediterranean, and to the black sea.
T, whichhe dispatched, carried a large
quantity Athenian compilation Tableware and showed that it acted black
glaze containers as well as wine. The individual parts, which
are found, include black glaze of kylixes with marked jets, dishes,
wine jugs and cook pots and a cup.
In adding were there some
metallgegenstaende, including two bronze tubs with verzierten edges,
bronze drawing spoons and nails.
T, whichhe ruins, became completely
grasps, by using at the same time two methods of Photogrammetry.
The results of the 2 had fun, what is ustrate-proceeded essentially the
same. They produced a design of a container, which is
considerably larger than every other classical found ship wreck, and
which is surface discoveries over 1000 numerously.
Since Amphoras conserve the form of the
ship and in a partly sandigen sea-lower surface, we to have reasons,
to expect embedded that something by the wooden trunk are well
conserved. The Alonnesos ship wreck has an estimated length of
30 meters, is m. 10 in the width and carries a charge of 3000 - 4000
wine Amphoras.
T, whichhe ruins, is important, because
it supplies the first archaeological proof, which charge containers
already traveled over 120 tons of load the Mediterranean in the fifth
century B.C.
Lthough, which scooping out is only in its
introductory stages, it, many the work represents, accomplished from
the personnel of the Ephorate of underwater antiques, a total quantity
of 90 people, including 22 archaeologists, to 5 architects, 2
geologists, 1 biologist, 3 physicist, 1 chemist, 2 Topographers, 2
draughtsmen, 5 concervators, 19 technitans, 26 divers, 3 photographer,
a geographical national in the name.
Funds were made available by the
Hellenic Ministry of the culture and by the European Economic
Community, by a program for the training of the new underwater
archaeologists.
Elpida Hadjidaki
