Notes From The Field tag:www.promare.org,2008-08-05:/notes_from_the_field//8 2008-10-27T18:17:53Z Movable Type 4.13 A new amphora from the wreck (October 24, 2008) tag:www.promare.org,2008:/notes_from_the_field//8.38 2008-10-27T18:13:21Z 2008-10-27T18:17:53Z Dante Bartoli http://www.promare.org Gambogi001.jpg

]]> Black-glazed pottery from the wreck (October 24, 2008) tag:www.promare.org,2008:/notes_from_the_field//8.37 2008-10-27T17:55:23Z 2008-10-27T18:07:53Z Dante Bartoli http://www.promare.org Cups002.jpg

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]]> A cup and an amphora neck on the seafloor (October 23, 2008) tag:www.promare.org,2008:/notes_from_the_field//8.36 2008-10-24T08:18:22Z 2008-10-27T18:12:48Z Dante Bartoli http://www.promare.org IMG_3164.jpgIMG_3154.jpgIMG_3107.jpg



]]> October 23, 2008 tag:www.promare.org,2008:/notes_from_the_field//8.35 2008-10-23T12:22:11Z 2008-10-24T10:58:48Z Today the weather in Capraia turned very bad - it's cold and raining but hopefully it will brighten up by tomorrow.The sea is also very rough today which means that it will be colder than normal in the sea.Yesterday the... Dante Bartoli http://www.promare.org
The sea is also very rough today which means that it will be colder than normal in the sea.

Yesterday the dead weights were dropped onto the sea floor and today we are going to start the archaeological work. We've already found lots of ceramic plates and cups, all with a black glaze which have all been on the sea floor since 200BC!

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Placing the dead weights during yesterday's dive.

Capraia is a very rocky island with lots of vegetation and colour.

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A view of the harbour on Isola di Capraia.







]]> Capraia Island (Tuscany), Hellenistic Shipwreck (October 21-27, 2008) tag:www.promare.org,2008:/notes_from_the_field//8.34 2008-10-22T06:45:35Z 2008-10-22T06:55:19Z October 22, 2008.A new research project in Tuscany has just began.The Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana invited ProMare to take part to the preliminary investigations of a second century B.C. shipwreck that carried a cargo of black-glazed pottery... Dante Bartoli http://www.promare.org
A new research project in Tuscany has just began.
The Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana invited ProMare to take part to the preliminary investigations of a second century B.C. shipwreck that carried a cargo of black-glazed pottery and Graeco-Italic amphoras. The site is located at 18 m of depth, on a sandy seafloor spot, in the middle of a thick prairy of posidonia oceanica.

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