shipwrecks: Mediterranean Shipwrecks

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Mediterranean Shipwrecks

Description

A dataset of Mediterranean shipwrecks.

Usage

shipwrecks

Format

A data.frame with 1784 observations (wrecks) and 13 variables:

name

character: wreck name.

sea

character: region of the sea where the wreck was discovered.

country

character: country where the wreck was discovered.

region

character: region where the wreck was discovered.

depth_min

integer: minimum depth of the wreck (m).

depth_max

integer: maximum depth of the wreck (m).

depth

character: depth of the wreck (m).

period

character: chronology (period).

dating

character: chronology (dating).

date_early

integer: earliest date.

date_late

integer: latest date.

origin

character: place of origin.

destination

character: place of destination.

Note

This dataset contains typos and needs to be normalized.

Source

Strauss, J. (2013). Shipwrecks Database. Version 1.0. Accessed 2022-08-13. URL: https://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/databases/shipwrecks_database/

References

Parker, A. J. (1992). Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman Provinces. British Archaeological Reports International Series 580. Oxford.

Strauss, E. J. (2007). Roman Cargoes: Underwater Evidence from the Eastern Mediterranean. Doctoral thesis, University College London. URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1349806.

See Also

Other artefact data: munsingen

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