2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2011.00334.x
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The Levanzo I Wreck, Sicily: a 4th-century AD merchantman in the service of the annona?

Abstract: Between 2005 and 2009 a deep-water shipwreck was located, mapped, and partially excavated by a joint team from RPM Nautical Foundation and the office of the Soprintendenza del Mare, Sicily. Located off Levanzo Island, one of the Egadi Islands off north-west Sicily, this wrecked merchantman revealed a mixed cargo of foodstuffs, coarseware, glass, and construction materials. The nature of the wreck-site, its cargo, operational date, and find-location indicate its likely association with the annona service which … Show more

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“…8 Filippi 2005Tusa 2005a. 9 For a more detailed discussion of the methods and equipment used during this project, see Royal and Tusa 2012. wreck was discovered north of Levanzo Island, its survival due to surrounding outcrops. 10 Concluding that the rocky zones might be unaffected by dragnet operations, from 2008 we concentrated our search on such zones and located our first finds associated with the battle, namely the Egadi 2 ram and several Greco-Italic amphora fragments.…”
Section: Overview Of the Project The Battle Zone And Landscapementioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 Filippi 2005Tusa 2005a. 9 For a more detailed discussion of the methods and equipment used during this project, see Royal and Tusa 2012. wreck was discovered north of Levanzo Island, its survival due to surrounding outcrops. 10 Concluding that the rocky zones might be unaffected by dragnet operations, from 2008 we concentrated our search on such zones and located our first finds associated with the battle, namely the Egadi 2 ram and several Greco-Italic amphora fragments.…”
Section: Overview Of the Project The Battle Zone And Landscapementioning
confidence: 99%
“…A bronze rostrum was identifi ed by means of sonar, lying on its side and half-buried on the sandy bottom of the sea around Levanzo Island, Sicily, at about 80 m depth. The artefact, which dated back to the third century BC, is an important fi nd, is witness of the occurrence of the battle that marked the end of the First Punic War [18,19]. The recovery of the fi nding was performed by a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) using innovative methods and techniques of underwater archaeological research.…”
Section: Degradation Processes and Conservation Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are a pair of shipwrecks sunk in the channel of Sicily that have been tentatively interpreted as evidence of the annona [4,5].…”
Section: Conflicts Of Interestmentioning
confidence: 99%