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American Journal of Archaeology
Located at Boston University
656 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2006
AIA Publications and New Media publishes works that reflect the objectives of the AIA in advancing academic research, education, and broad public interest in archaeology. The department produces a variety of publications for both scholarly and general audiences. These include the distinguished American Journal of Archaeology, one of the world’s most widely distributed archaeological journals.
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Material
Consequences of Contemporary Classical Collecting |
| Christopher
Chippindale and David W.J. Gill |
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nature of contemporary classical collecting is explored by studying
seven celebrated new collections and exhibitions. The concept of
provenance is defined in terms of an object's origins, or findspot,
and its modern story, or history. The several hundred objects in
these collections are analyzed in terms of their findspot and history
since unearthing. These show that the dismaying picture previously
demonstrated for Cycladic antiquities applies to classical objects
across the board: the overwhelming majority have no declared or
credible findspots and simply surface as orphans with history. Some
of the many materials aspects of this central fact are explored. |
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Deepwater
Archaeology of the Black Sea: The 2000 Season at Sinop, Turkey |
| Robert
D. Ballard, Fredrik T. Hiebert, Dwight F. Coleman, Cheryl Ward,
Jennifer S. Smith, Kathryn Willis, Brendan Foley, Katherine Croff,
Candace Major, and Francesco Torre |
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2000, a major expedition for deepwater archaeology was conducted
by the Institute for Exploration in the Black Sea along the northwestern
coast of Turkey from the Bosporus to the Turkish seaport of Sinop.
A complementary land-based expedition will be reported upon elsewhere.
The 2000 underwater expedition had three research objectives: to
search for evidence of human habitation prior to major flooding
of the Black Sea that researchers predicted occurred some 7,500
years ago; to investigate a deepwater shipping route; and to search
for ancient wooden ships in the sea's anoxic bottom waters. Research
methods included the use of a phased-array side-scan sonar, a towed
imaging sled, and a small remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to collect
deep-sea survey data. Three shipwrecks and a probable site reflecting
human habitation prior to the proposed flooding event were located
at depths around 100 m. One additional shipwreck was found within
the anoxic layer at a depth of 324 m. The ship found within the
anoxic layer was intact, in a high state of preservation, and dated
to the Byzantine period of 450 A.D. |
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