A Preliminary report of recording the Stella 1 Roman River Barge, Italy

abstract

• 2016 Nautical Archaeology Society. The remains of a Roman barge were found in 1981 in the River Stella, Udine, Italy. Its cargo consisted mainly of roof tiles. It was excavated in 1998 and 1999, and detailed recording of the hull, and a second wooden structure, was achieved in 2011. A spread of material upstream of the wreck has been investigated 2012-2015. The barge was originally dated to the first quarter of the 1st century AD by the in situ cargo. This article describes the bottom-based sewn-plank hull construction and examines it in the light of local boatbuilding traditions. The second wooden structure is also described, along with recent finds and new dating evidence from the dispersed material. The Stella 1 excavation was part of the Anaxum Project, a wider study of the Stella River's cultural landscape through time.

authors

• Vieira-De-Castro, Luis

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

altmetric score

• 1.25

author list (cited authors)

• Castro, F., & Capulli, M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Castro, Filipe||Capulli, Massimo

publication date

• March 2016

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Nautical Archaeology  Journal

keywords

• Anaxum Project
• Bottom-based
• Imbrices
• River Barge
• Roman
• Sewn-plank Construction
• Tegulae

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/1095-9270.12147

start page

• 29

end page

• 41

volume

• 45

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2F1095-9270.12147