An Iberian ship for the Atlantic: a reassessment of Angra D, a probable 17th century Spanish shipwreck (Azores, Portugal)
Author(s): José Bettencourt; André Teixeira; Catarina Garcia; Christelle Chouzenoux; Inês Pinto Coelho; Marco Pinto; Tiago M Fraga; Tiago Silva
Year: 2013
Summary
In 1998, a team from Centro Nacional de Arqueologia Náutica e Subaquática (CNANS) undertook the rescue excavation of Angra D, a probable 16th or 17th century Iberian shipwreck located in the construction area of a dock in Angra Bay (Terceira Island, Azores).
The study of the site was never completed. In 2011, a team from CHAM continued the study of Angra D, reassessing the archaeological archive, the ship timbers and the artefacts. This study suggests that Angra D is probably a small merchant vessel, involved in Atlantic trade. Our hypotheses about the function, route and a preliminary reconstruction proposal are the subject of this paper.
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An Iberian ship for the Atlantic: a reassessment of Angra D, a probable 17th century Spanish shipwreck (Azores, Portugal). José Bettencourt, André Teixeira, Catarina Garcia, Christelle Chouzenoux, Inês Pinto Coelho, Marco Pinto, Tiago M Fraga, Tiago Silva. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428475)
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Keywords
General
atlantic navigation
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Iberian Ship
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Underwater Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
PORTUGAL
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
Early Modern Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -28.549; min lat: 32.638 ; max long: -6.19; max lat: 42.151 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 263