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The Hull Construction of Yenikapı 14 (YK 14), a Middle Byzantine Shipwreck from Constantinople's Theodosian Harbour, Istanbul, Turkey

Pages 253-283 | Received 30 Aug 2017, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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