Contents 8 Contributors 10 Introduction: Reclaiming Lost History from Beneath the Seven Seas

GEORGE F. BASS

THE OLDEST WRECKS

28 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 31 An Enigma at Devil Creek: §eytan Deresi, Turkey GEORGE F. BASS 34 Discovering a Royal Ship from the Age of King Tut: Uluburun, Turkey

CEMAL PULAK 48 Cargo from the Age of Bronze: Cape Gelidonya, Turkey GEORGE F. BASS

ANCIENT GREEK WRECKS

56 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 59 An Archaic Ship finally Reaches Port: Pabuc Burnu, Turkey

ELIZABETH GREENE 64 A Wreck from the Golden Age of Greece: Tektas Burnu, Turkey

DEBORAH CARLSON 72 Resurrecting an Ancient Greek Ship: Kyrenia, Cyprus SUSAN WOMER KATZEV 80 Saturation Diving for Archaeology: La Secca di Capistello, Italy

DONALD A. FREY 82 Digging into an Avalanche: The Hellenistic Wreck at Serce Limam, Turkey

CEMAL PULAK ROMAN AND BYZANTINE WRECKS

86 Introduction GEORGEF. BASS 89 Modeling the Fishing Boat from the Sea of Galilee, Israel

WILLIAM H. CHARLTON JR 92 The Ship of Georgios, Priest and Sea Captain: Yassiada, Turkey

FREDERICK VAN DOORNINCK 98 The Graveyard of Ships: Tantura Lagoon, Israel SHELLEY WACHSMANN 100 Sampling a Byzantine Vintage: Bozburun, Turkey FREDHOCKER 106 Solving a Million-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Serge Limam, Turkey GEORGE F. BASS 118 A 13th-Century Wine Carrier: Qamalti Burnu, Turkey NERGJS GUNSENJN 124 Searching for Deep-Water Ships in the Black Sea

ROBERT D. BALLARD AND CHERYL WARD

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE WRECKS

128 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 131 A 14th-Century Chinese Wreck: Shinan, Korea GEORGE F. BASS 134 A 15th-Century Cog in the Zuidersee: Almere, Netherlands FRED HOCKER 136 Pursuing Southeast Asian Wrecks: Ko Si Chang, Thailand JEREMY GREEN 138 A Rare Ottoman Wreck: Yassiada, Turkey CEMAL PULAK

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY WRECKS

142 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 145 Ship Archaeology in a Hay Field: Zuidersee, Netherlands ROBERT S. NEYLAND 148 The Pepper Wreck: Nossa Senhora dos Martires, Lisbon, Portugal

FILIPE CASTRO 152 A Tobacconist's Dream: The Pipe Wreck, Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

JEROME LYNN HALL 156 La Salle's Ship Belle: Matagorda Bay, Texas J. BARTO ARNOLD III AND DONNY L. HAMILTON 164 Resurrecting uThe Wickedest City in the World": Port Royal, Jamaica

DONNY L. HAMILTON 172 The Tragedy of the Santo Antonio de Tanna: Mombasa, Kenya

ROBIN PIERCY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WRECKS

180 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 183 Revisiting the Great Basses Reef, Sri Lanka JEREMY GREEN 186 Chinese Porcelain for the Ottoman Court: Sadana Island, Egypt

CHERYL WARD 192 The Clydesdale Plantation Vessel: Savannah River, South Carolina

FRED HOCKER 194 Excavating the Colonial Privateer Defence: Penobscot Bay, Maine

DAVID C. SWITZER . 200 From Collier to Troop Transport: The Betsy, Yorktown, Virginia

JOHN D. BROADWATER 206 Tracing the Wreck of the Ten Sail: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

MARGARET LESHIKAR-DENTON WRECKS OF MODERN TIMES

210 Introduction GEORGE F. BASS 213 Cleopatra's Barge: Kauai, Hawaii PAUL F. JOHNSTON 218 A Horse-Powered Ferry: Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain KEVIN CRISMAN 220 The Sidewheel Steamer Heroine: Red River, Oklahoma KEVIN CRISMAN 222 The Denbigh, A Civil War Blockade Runner: Galveston, Texas

J. BARTO ARNOLD III 226 The Sailing Canal Boats of Lake Champlain ARTHUR COHN 230 Mapping the "Unsinkable" Titanic GEORGE F. BASS 238 The Japanese Fleet in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia JEREMY GREEN 242 Exploring D-Day Landing Craft: Normandy, France BRETT PHANEUF

246 Further Reading 250 Acknowledgments and Sponsors 252 Sources of Illustrations 253 Index

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