Traces of Mynos in Kumluca Bronze Age Shipwreck: 2022, 2023, 2024 Excavation Seasons

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Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2025 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11457-025-09453-7
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Maritime Archaeology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Anthropological Literature, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, Index Islamicus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Copper ingots, Lead weight, Long dagger, Middle bronze age, Shipwreck
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The excavation of the Kumluca Bronze Age shipwreck began in 2019 and continued in 2022, 2023, and 2024 after the site was discovered by Akdeniz University in 2018. By the end of 2024, 52 pillow-shaped, 19 disc-shaped and 8 small ingot fragments had been recovered. In addition to these artefacts, a Cretan type XIV long dagger datable to 1700–1600 BC and two disc-shaped lead weights, probably of Cretan origin and of approximately the same date, were unearthed. Outside of this shipwreck context, most of the extant pillow-shaped ingots have been found in Minoan Neopalatial contexts on Crete dating to between 1600 and 1500 BC. The artifacts recovered from the shipwreck and the available information suggest that there may have been a Cretan merchant on board and that the shipwreck may date to the sixteenth century BC or slightly earlier. The article also provides information about the excavations carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024.