An Assemblage of Early Modern Ordnance and Ground Tackle from South‐west Cyprus

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Acknowledgements

This site was found and reported by Filios Saziedes, to whom particular debts of gratitude are owed. The authors gratefully acknowledge the hard work of the 2005 survey team, Bill Utley for advice during preparation of the ordnance section, and Fred Hocker for helpful expert critique. The survey was possible thanks to the kind permission of then Director of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities, Pavlos Flourentzos, while information on the cannon displayed in the Palaipaphos Museum was kindly provided by Marina Solomidou‐Ieronymidou. Logistical and financial support was generously provided by the Cyprus Society for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the RPM Nautical Foundation.