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Abstract
This thesis is concerned with development of shipbuilding tools of ancient ships and techniques of using them since it is essential for a firm comprehension of water transport in Antiquity. The study extends from circa 3000 B.C. -to the 7th century A.D; date of Yassi Ada I shipwreck. This particular time frame is chosen since it shows the most important step of transition of shipbuilding techniques from shell-first to frame-first (Pomey 2004: 32,33). It focuses on shipbuilding tools around the Mediterranean.
The ancient Mediterranean remains a place of great culture complexity. Its recreation to historians has become even more challenging as a mass of new evidence emerges to displace major classical texts.
Furthermore, the appearance of similar shipbuilding techniques in different geographical areas could be a result of past contact between people of those regions either during trade or even in a direct way-in exchanging technological “knowhow” which could be simply a manifestation of the human life evolution nature.
The period covered in this study includes archaeological evidence from excavated material, iconographic evidence and resources for creating comparative analysis. In addition to Ethnographic field work.