The Mazarrón 1 Shipwreck: an iron‐age boat with unique features from the Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

Two iron‐age shipwrecks, associated with Phoenician ceramics, were discovered at the Playa de la Isla in Mazarrón, Spain. This preliminary report describes hitherto unknown boatbuilding features of the Mazarrón 1 hull remains. The vessel presents hybrid boatbuilding techniques using both pegged mortise‐and‐tenon plank‐edge fasteners and sewn seams employing longitudinal continuous stitching, and a unique keel scarf. It is an important source of information for the development of shipbuilding in the western Mediterranean during the Iron Age.

Abstracto

El naufragio de Mazarrón 1: resultados del estudio preliminar de una embarcación de la Edad de Hierro de la Península Ibérica con características constructivas únicas

Dos naufragios de la Edad de Hierro, asociados a cerámicas fenicias, fueron descubiertos en la Playa de Mazarrón, España. Este artículo discute las características constructivas, hasta ahora desconocidas, que se documentaron en los restos del casco del naufragio de Mazarrón 1. La embarcación presenta técnicas de construcción hibridas que emplean elementos de sujeción en los cantos de las tracas de mortaja y lengüeta, y costura de uniones. Es una fuente de información importante para el desarrollo de la construcción naval en el Mediterráneo occidental durante la Edad de Hierro.

Palabras clave: Naufragio de Mazarrón 1, construcción naval, arquitectura naval, escarpe en forma de T, costura longitudinal de puntada continua, fenicios, Edad de Hierro, Península Ibérica.

摘要

马萨-1号沉船: 对这艘带有独特造船特征的伊比利亚半岛铁器时代-舶的初步研究

在西班牙马-龙的Playa de la Isla岛上发现了-艘与腓尼基陶瓷有关的铁器时代沉船。本文将讨论马萨-1号 (Mazarrón 1) 船-遗存上保留下来的迄-为止未知的造船特征。该船混合了榫卯边接和缝制拼合的造船技术。这是铁器时代西地中海地区造-业发展的重要原始资料。

关键词: 马萨-1号沉船 (Mazarrón 1) , 造船, 造船学, T型嵌接, 纵向连续拼接, 腓尼基, 铁器时代, 伊比利亚半岛

馬薩-1號沉船: 對這艘帶有獨特造船特征的伊比利亞半島鐵器時代-舶的初步研究

在西班牙馬-龍的Playa de la Isla島上發現了兩艘-腓尼基陶瓷有關的鐵器時代沉船。本文將討論馬薩-1號 (Mazarrón 1) 船-遺存上保留下來的迄今爲止未知的造船特征。該船混合了榫卯邊接和縫制拼合的造船技術。這是鐵器時代西地中海地區造船業發展的重要原始資料。

關-詞: 馬薩-1號沉船 (Mazarrón 1) , 造船, 造船學, T型嵌接, 縱向連續拼接, 腓尼基, 鐵器時代, 伊比利亞半島

ملخص

Key words:

• Mazarrón 1 shipwreck
• shipbuilding
• naval architecture
• T‐shaped scarf
• longitudinal continuous stitching (whipstitch)
• Phoenicians

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the several people and institutions which helped in the completion of this research as well as my family for their patience and unconditional support. I am also very grateful to the friends and colleagues that read and discussed previous drafts of the paper as well as the IJNA's anonymous referees for their valuable and insightful comments. Finally, I am grateful to Miranda Richardson the IJNA's editor for her patience and for improving the overall quality of this article. In memoriam Professor Víctor Guerrero Ayuso, prehistorian and pioneer of nautical archaeology in Spain.

Notes

1. The official permit was granted on June 2008 (Nº Ref. CCJD/DGBABC/SME, Nº Expte. 34/08) and access to the materials at the ARQVA Museum was granted on August 2008 (Nº Rº de salida, 568/2008–Museo ARQVA) to both the Mazarrón 1 timber remains and the archive collections (i.e. photographs).