New English Original bdg. 4to. (32 x 24,5 cm). In English and Turkish. Color ills. [xx], 240 p. Many folding pages. The Directorate of Istanbul Archaeological Museums was appointed to lead the archaeological excavations at Uskudar, Sirkeci, Sultanahmet and Yenikapi station constructions of Marmaray and Metro Projects, among the most important transportation projects of Turkey. Our largest area of excavation is at Yenikapi on the Marmara coast, the area known as Langa, which housed the harbour of Byzantine Istanbul. Excavations at Theodosian Harbour brought to light, to date, a total of 31 shipwrecks of various sizes and types. Archaeological work on shipwrecks requires an entirely different expertise; therefore, our Museum has authorised Istanbul University's Department of Restoration and Conservation with the documentation, lifting, conservation-restoration works as well as preparing the shipwrecks for display at the museum. The team started the work with a big staff and has already completed the lifting of and has taken into conservation eleven shipwrecks in conformity with the international norms and standards. The book in your hands explicitly presents the work conducted by the IU team employing the latest technology available, their scientific approach and the care and importance they pay to the work. Dr. Ismail Karamut, Director of Istanbul Archaeological Museums.Table of Contents:Introduction / Maslak Rotary Club Introduction / Ismail Karamut Foreword by the Project Director / Sait BasaranForeword by the Editor / Ufuk Kocabas "Iron Ways" and an ancient harbour on the Marmara coast / Basaran, Sait . Konstantinopolis: Development of the imperial capital. Portus Theodosiacus: The undiscovered harbour of Theodosios Life at the Theodosian Harbour, wrecks and a rapid silting / Kocabas, Ufuk . Sinking of the vessels and a rapid burial Documentation: Reading the timber / Kocabas, Isil Ozsait Measurements and drawings . Labelling system . Measurements and drawings of plans and cross-sections in situ . Measuring with Total Station . Full scale drawings of planking in situ . Full scale drawings of all members Photography . Overall and detail photography and video-filming . Photo-mosaic . 3D modelling Visual remarks . Remarks for on site evaluation, frame system (floor timber-futtock) Dismantling of the vessel members / Kocabas, Ufuk - Ramazan Yilmaz . Negative mould method for lifting the planking . Lifting the planking with L-shaped carriers . Epoxy support for lifting . Lifting as a single mass . Hamburger method for lifting . Other methods for lifting Technological and constructional features of Yenikapi shipwrecks: A preliminary evaluation / Kocabas, Isil Ozsait Kocabas - Ufuk Kocabas Trade ships . Yenikapi 6 . Yenikapi 12 . Yenikapi 9 . Yenikapi 7 . Yenikapi 18 . Yenikapi 8 . Yenikapi 3 . Yenikapi 15 . Yenikapi 17 Galleys . Yenikapi 16 The first Turkish national laboratory for shipwreck conservation and reconstruction / Basaran, Sait - Ufuk Kocabas - Isil ozsait Kocabas - Ramazan Yilmaz Identification of timbers from Yenikapi 12 shipwreck / Unal Akkemik . Genus/species identification of the wood samples . Timbers of the Yenikapi 12 shipwreck . Areas of use in shipbuilding for the timbers identified . Possible origins of the timbers . Abbreviations . Terminology Compiled by Ufuk Kocabas. Credits.
