2008
DOI: 10.1017/s0068245400000101
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The Shipsheds of Sicilian Naxos: a Second Preliminary Report (2003–6)

Abstract: This paper presents the results of the second and main period of excavation. The limits of the site were defined: a monumental building with four covered slipways or shipsheds, flanking another major public building, quite possibly the agora. Preliminary conclusions based on the 2001 excavation of the northernmost shipshed (BSA 2003) can be supplemented and modified.The surprising discovery was ramps of sand, resurfaced several times during the second half of the fifth century. Shipsheds 3–4 produced evidence … Show more

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“…Interesting exchanges of information between the excavators of Kommos and 5th‐century Sicilian Naxos have revealed the possible parallel use of haematite as a colouring and possibly also anti‐fouling agent for painting on ships at sites nine centuries apart in date. At Kommos it was found on the interior of 14th‐century BC ‘short‐necked amphorae’ in Building P and on the earthen floor of galleries in that building; at Sicilian Naxos it was found on the inner walls of transport amphoras lying broken in the shipsheds, and also dropped on the ramps and side‐passages of the 5th‐century shipsheds (Shaw and Shaw, 2006: 76ff., 851; Lentini et al ., 2008: 349–350, figs 49–51). Use in painting ships is clear, and use for protection against shipworm is likely.…”
Section: Acceptance (Db)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interesting exchanges of information between the excavators of Kommos and 5th‐century Sicilian Naxos have revealed the possible parallel use of haematite as a colouring and possibly also anti‐fouling agent for painting on ships at sites nine centuries apart in date. At Kommos it was found on the interior of 14th‐century BC ‘short‐necked amphorae’ in Building P and on the earthen floor of galleries in that building; at Sicilian Naxos it was found on the inner walls of transport amphoras lying broken in the shipsheds, and also dropped on the ramps and side‐passages of the 5th‐century shipsheds (Shaw and Shaw, 2006: 76ff., 851; Lentini et al ., 2008: 349–350, figs 49–51). Use in painting ships is clear, and use for protection against shipworm is likely.…”
Section: Acceptance (Db)mentioning
confidence: 99%