The Istanbul Archaeological Museums Directorate has been assigned to conduct archaeological excavations at the points where Üsküdar, Sirkeci, Sultanahmet and Yenikapı stations will be built within the scope of the Marmaray and Metro construction works, which are two of the most important transportation projects in Turkey. Our largest excavation area, Yenikapı, was a port area on the Marmara coast of Istanbul during the Byzantine Period. During the excavations carried out at the Theodosius Port, thirty-one shipwrecks of various sizes and types have been reached so far. Since archaeological studies on shipwrecks require a different area of expertise, our museum has authorized the Istanbul University Department of Protection and Restoration of Movable Cultural Assets to document, remove, complete the conservation-restoration work and prepare them for display in the museum. The team, which started its work with a large staff, has so far removed and preserved eleven shipwrecks according to international standards. This book in your hands clearly reveals the work of the Istanbul University team using the latest technological possibilities, the importance they attach to the subject and their scientific approach. Dr. İsmail Karamut, Director of Istanbul Archaeological Museums
xx + 240 pp, color illustrations, drawings, fold-out pages, English/Turkish bilingual, hardcover.
2nd revised edition.
CONTENTS
• Presentation / Maslak Rotary Club
• Introduction / Ismail Karamut
• Foreword by the project manager / Sait Başaran
• Editor's preface / Ufuk Kocabaş
“Iron Roads” and an old port on the Marmara coast / Başaran, Sait
• Constantinople: Development of the imperial capital
• Portus Theodosiacus: The undiscovered port of Theodosius
Life, Shipwrecks and a Rapid Burial in the Theodosius Harbor / Kocabaş, Ufuk
• Sinking of ships and rapid sinking
Documentation: Reading the wood / Kocabaş, Işıl Özsait
• Measurement and drawing
• Label system
• In situ measurement, plan and section drawings
• Total Station usage
• 1:1 in situ drawings of coatings
• 1:1 drawings of all elements
• Photograph
• General and close-up photos and video shooting
• Photo-mosaic
• 3D modeling
• Visual notes
• On-site evaluation notes, curve system (mattress-post)
Dismantling of ship elements / Kocabaş, Ufuk - Ramazan Yılmaz
• Negative copy method for removing cladding boards
• Removal of coatings with “L” shaped carriers
• Epoxy support during lifting
• Lifting in mass
• Hamburger method
• Different methods used in removal
Technology and construction features of Yenikapı shipwrecks: A preliminary assessment / Kocabaş, Işıl Özsait - Ufuk Kocabaş
Merchant Ships
• Yenikapi 6 • Yenikapi 12 • Yenikapi 9 • Yenikapi 7 • Yenikapi 18 • Yenikapi 8 • Yenikapi 3 • Yenikapi 15 • Yenikapi 17
Rowing Ships (Rowboats)
• Yenikapi 16
Turkey's first national ship conservation and reconstruction laboratory / Başaran, Sait - Ufuk Kocabaş - Işıl Özsait Kocabaş - Ramazan Yılmaz
Genus/species identification of Yenikapı 12 shipwreck timbers / Akkemik, Ünal
• Type/kind determination of wooden materials
• Timbers from the Yenikapı 12 shipwreck
• Usage areas of tree species on ships
• Possible origin of wood material
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