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Aveiro B Shipwreck

Filipe Castro

 

Country: Portugal

Place: Ria de Aveiro

Coordinates (approximate): Lat. 40.647303; Long. -8.663836

Type: Unknown

Identified: No

Dated: c. 1500-1600

Introduction

This site is described as partially buried under the road, its stem (or stern)post protruding from the slope, on the side of the canal. The plot of land contiguous to this site is called “Gran Caravella” (Alves 1993).

Team

Aspect of the main channel (Francisco Alves, 1993).

This site was surveyed by a team from the portuguese agency CNANS in the early 1990s.

Tumulus

This site was later considered as a “dispersion of a variety of materials associated with harbor activities and several shipwrecks” (Bettencourt 2009).

References

Alves, F., 1993. Relatório da missão de reconheciemnto da jazida arqueológica subaquática Ria de Aveiro B. Unpublished Report. Lisbon: Arqueonática, Centro de Estudos.

Bettencourt, J., 2009. “Arqueologia marítima da Ria de Aveiro: uma revisão dos dados disponíveis.”  In Octávio Lixa Filgueiras. Arquitecto de culturas marítimas. Lisboa: Âncora Editora., págs. 137-160.