A concise nautical history of Dor/Tantura

Wachsmann, Shelley; Raveh, Kurt

doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.1984.tb01194.x

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“…It currently spans the intertidal and subtidal area directly south of the tell's southern face, near Areas D2, D5 and K. This was performed as part of a larger project aiming to understand the relation of Dor's coastal architecture to the tell's stratigraphy and chronology. Parts of this area were originally surveyed under water by Raban (: 311), Wachsmann, Raveh, and Kingsley (Wachsmann and Raveh, ; Kingsley and Raveh, ), as well as Lazar et al . (), all of whom documented evidence of maritime activity in the form of stone anchors and concentrations of ashlars.…”

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The Iron Age Maritime Interface at the South Bay of Tel Dor: results from the 2016 and 2017 excavation seasons

Shalev

Gilboa

Yasur‐Landau

2019

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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The aim of the Tel Dor joint Sea and Land Project is to reassess and expand understanding of the maritime interface of Iron Age Dor. During 2016 and 2017 five features excavated under water provided new data about the development and chronology of this interface. The results support a revised dating and interpretation of previously excavated structures and the identification of several new stone‐built coastal fortification and maritime features, dating to the Early Iron Age. A later phase of construction attributed to the 7th century BCE Assyrian period at Dor was also documented. The outcome of the excavation is the introduction of new aspects of the development of Dor in the Iron Age, including what is likely part of the Iron Age II city's harbour. This may encourage revisiting current views of harbour evolution in the eastern Mediterranean.

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The Iron Age Maritime Interface at the South Bay of Tel Dor: results from the 2016 and 2017 excavation seasons

Shalev

Gilboa

Yasur‐Landau

2019

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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“…The archaeological evidence, historical documents and finds recovered from the sea‐bed, mainly anchors, demonstrate that the Dor south anchorage has been used by watercraft from the Middle Bronze Age, c .2000 BC. The relatively high number of Byzantine shipwrecks indicates that the anchorage was active during the Byzantine period (Wachsmann and Raveh, 1984; Raban, 1993; Raveh and Kingsley, 1993).…”

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Fishing Gear from a 7th-Century Shipwreck off Dor, Israel

Galili

Rosen

2008

Int J Nautical Archaeology

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The ancient anchorage of Dor, Israel, contains wreck-sites from several periods. Underwater exploration of one Byzantine wreck discovered the remains of a medium-size boat constructed with iron nails. Coin-finds dated it to c .665 AD, after the Muslim conquest. The wreck was probably caused by natural agents, but an event in the Byzantine-Muslim conflict can not be discounted. The artefacts include a group of objects testifying to the practice of light-fishing. Literary sources indicate a prevalence of light-fishing, but archaeological finds are very rare. This discovery clearly indicates light-fishing in late antiquity. A sounding-lead and steelyard can be seen as auxiliary to the fishing.

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“…Examples from Dor, not far from Atlit, have been recovered, but without the distinctive groove above their one hole, which is situated well down on their body. 61 Nor do we have any firm evidence to date them. 62 We also have some distinctively shaped stone anchors from the Black Sea, which some would call c Thracian\ They are of roughly rectangular shape with two or three holes.…”

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Stone Anchors: The Evidence Re-Assessed

Nibbi

1993

The Mariner's Mirror

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A concise nautical history of Dor/Tantura

Cited by 21 publications

References 8 publications

The Iron Age Maritime Interface at the South Bay of Tel Dor: results from the 2016 and 2017 excavation seasons

The Iron Age Maritime Interface at the South Bay of Tel Dor: results from the 2016 and 2017 excavation seasons

Fishing Gear from a 7th-Century Shipwreck off Dor, Israel

Stone Anchors: The Evidence Re-Assessed

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