Fishing-gear sinkers recovered from an underwater wreckage site, off the Carmel coast, Israel

Abstract

A classification scheme for the large number of fishing-gear sinkers recovered along the Israeli coast is devised. Sinkers, or weights, of lead and stone are classified by material, shape and method of manufacture.

Pyramidal Lead Objects: Scale Weights, Loom Weights, or Sinkers?

“…comm. ;Galili, Rosen, and Sharvit 2002). It is less clear, however, whether there is specific evidence for such distribution of pyramidal lead sinkers, as their numbers in the sites reported by Galili, Rosen, and Sharvit are limited.…”

“…Galili, Rosen, and Sharvit (2010) report shipwreck sites off the coast south of Haifa (see also Trego 2004: 5, 18, 21, 26). They classify pyramidal lead objects as sinkers, used for hook-and-line fishing.…”

Archaeometallurgical analysis of metal remains from the Dor 2006 shipwreck: A clue to the understanding of the transition in ship construction

“…85-86, 90;Fitzgerald, 1994, pp. 201-211 and plates 8, 9, 10, 12 (M40), 23 (M79, M80, M83), 26 (M86), 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.1;Galili and Sharvit, 1999;Galili et al, 2002Galili et al, , 2010aGalili et al, , 2010bGalili and Rosen, 2012, pp. 416-420;Katzev, 1982, pp.…”

Combining morphological and metric variations in the study of design and functionality in stone weights. A comparative approach from continental and insular Patagonia, Argentina

“…These artifacts are well represented on coastal sites of varying antiquity throughout the world (Bernal-Casasola, 2008;Galili et al, 2002;Owen and Merrick, 1994;Greenspan, 1998;Massone and Torres, 2004;Torres, 2007aTorres, , 2007b. It is important to note that these artifacts form part of more complex technological systems; as defined by Oswalt (1976), they are known as techno-units.…”