A Comparative Approach In Iberian Shipbuilding Design: Preliminary Results

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

During the 16th and 17th centuries the classic Iberian ship concept was characterized by the nao (carrack) and galleon. These types of vessels eventually became popular throughout Europe since they were essential for the transatlantic journeys because of the exploration, commerce, and conquest of the New World. After decades of recovering evidence from various archaeologically excavated shipwrecks, our knowledge of structural features has allowed us to identify characteristics from the Iberian tradition. However, the actual design of the ship has been harder to define due to the similarity with other traditions and the variability among the Iberian shipwrights. The present ongoing research seeks to determine the relationship between structure and agency in the Iberian design through statistical and nautical engineer approaches to define the parameters in which an Iberian ship was conceptualized.

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