Inconspicuous Consumption: The Sixth-Century B.C.E. Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey

The Anchor of the 3rd-Century-BC Ship from Kyrenia, Cyprus: a one-armed wooden anchor with a lead-filled stock

“…Chronologically, however, wooden anchors with stone stocks and those with lead‐cored wooden stocks co‐existed for about three centuries from their apparently simultaneous introduction in the late‐7th century BC. The earliest known examples of stone stocks come from Kition Bamboula (Larnaca) in Cyprus, Pabuç Burnu in Turkey, and Punta della Ristola and Metaponto in Southern Italy; all date between the late‐7th and early‐6th centuries BC (Gianfrotta, 1977: 286; Frost, 1982: 268; Greene et al ., 2008: 687). Historical and archaeological evidence seems to agree with the earliest mention of this anchor‐type by the Greek poet Alcaeus (620–580 BC) in the late‐7th century BC, and the slightly‐later representations on black‐figured pottery dating to the late‐6th and early‐5th centuries (Alcaeus, Apud Herac ., Alleg.…”

Transition from Shell to Skeleton in Ancient Mediterranean Ship-Construction: analysis, problems, and future research

“…However, planking‐sewing was never used alone, but always with additional pre‐assembling and reinforcing components, such as dowels (coaks). Unusually, unpegged tenons were found in the Pabuç Burnu shipwreck (2nd quarter of the 6th century BC, Turkey) (Greene, 2003; Greene et al ., 2008: 700; Polzer, 2010), and on the Cala Sant Vicenç wreck (last third of the 6th century BC, Balearic Islands), where the unpegged tenons were used combined with dowels (Nieto and Santos, 2008; 2010). But the remains of Pabuç Burnu are fragmentary, and the original arrangement of the unpegged tenons is not known.…”

Two Early Archaic Shipwrecks at Kekova Adası and Kepçe Burnu, Turkey

“…Along with the 8th‐century Tanit and Elissa wrecks surveyed in deep water off the coast of Israel (Ballard et al. , 2002), these sites hold potential to help fill a crucial half‐millennium gap in the understanding of eastern Mediterranean maritime transport and communications between the Late Bronze Age and the 6th century BC, represented by the shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu (Greene et al. , 2008).…”

“…Along with other forms from the regions of Ionia and Caria, Milesian and Samian jars have been associated with the production and transport of olive oil (Dupont, 1998: 175); discussion of the trade in perfumed olive oil in East Greek fine wares by Gras (2000: 155) can be understood well within the context of an association between oil‐producing regions. In addition to oil, the area's fecundity suggests any number of possible agricultural products that could have been transported in these south‐east Aegean jars—from olive oil and wine to nuts, figs, raisins, and sponges, which receive praise from the early poets as items of preferential taste (Foxhall, 1998: 303–04; Greene et al. , 2008: 685–6).…”

“…3). Evidence from late Iron Age land‐sites along the Syro‐Palestinian coast, Cyprus, Rhodes, and Egypt—where mortaria are found alongside transport amphoras—as well as the 6th‐century shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey, suggests that such shallow bowls may have been used in the preparation of food for consumption or sale, or, alternatively, for the actual measurement and sale of dry goods (Oren, 1984: 17; Greene et al. , 2008: 705; cf.…”