In September 1967 an important shipwreck site was discovered near the islet of Gnalić in Northern Dalmatia (Croatia). It immediately raised significant interest in the scientific community and the broader public. Due to logistical and financial issues, the excavation ceased after five short-term rescue research campaigns, over a total duration of 54 working days. Renewed interest in the site, particularly the hull remains, resulted in reviving the project after 45 years. The trial campaign, carried out in 2012, had a positive outcome, and the excavation has continued annually in a systematic way. The nature of the site demanded significant effort to document the excavated areas. Considering all the temporal restrictions caused by various reasons, photogrammetry proved to be an extremely helpful and efficient tool.
During excavations on the 16th-century Gnalić shipwreck, elements of the ship's pump were located. Surviving artefacts associated with the pump consist of the pump well and lower pump tube. This paper discusses the pump assemblage and findings noted during fieldwork. These discoveries are particularly valuable as it is the only example providing construction characteristics of a ship's pump from a late 16th-century Venetian round ship.
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