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.

   The ship is known as "the Glass Wreck" because its cargo 
included three metric tons of glass cullet, including broken 
Islamic vessels, and eighty pieces of intact glassware. In 
addition, it held glazed Islamic bowls, red-ware cooking vessels,
copper cauldrons and buckets, wine amphoras, weapons, 
tools, jewelry, fishing gear, remnants of meals, coins, scales 
and weights, and more.
 
    This first volume of the complete site report introduces the 
discovery, the methods of its excavation, and the conservation 
of its artifacts. Chapters cover the details of the ship, its contents,
the probable personal possessions of the crew, and the picture of
daily shipboard life that can be drawn from the discoveries.

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GEORGE F. BASS headed this research team, which is based out
of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University in 
College Station.


Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series, in Association 
with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology


What people are saying about this book

"This book is the work of the most notable scholars in the field of 
underwater archaeology, whose articles are admirable examples of 
their approach and expertise. It should serve as a textbook for those 
who analyze and interpret the many aspects of shipwrecks, a 
reference book for analyzing material of the 11th century—but not 
only of that period—and an example to be emulated for conducting 
and publishing underwater archaeological research."—The 
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, September 2006