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dc.contributor.authorTripati, S.
dc.contributor.authorGaur, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorSundaresh
dc.contributor.authorBandodkar, S.N.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-07T10:51:05Z
dc.date.available2009-01-07T10:51:05Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationWorld Archaeology, Vol.32; 355-367p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1580
dc.description.abstractArchival records show that a number of ships have sunk in the waters off Goa, on the west coast of India, as a result of foul weather, warfare and human error. Explorations were carried out in 1997-99 to locate shipwrecks using a boat-towed metal detector and visual surveys in 3 to 9m water depth off Sunchi Reef. A wreck was discovered and its investigation revealed guns, a shot, potsherds, glass bottle pieces, a broken rudder and dressed granite stone blocks. These finds suggest that the wreck dates from the Portuguese period (seventeenth to eighteenth century AD) and was therefore a wooden-hulled ship. The most probable cause of the wrecking was the shallow laterite shoals in the region. Although modest in scope, this project is important as one of the few underwater investigations yet to be undertaken by Indian archaeologists.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCopyright [2001]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectarchaeology
dc.subjectunderwater exploration
dc.subjectsurveying underwater
dc.subjectwrecks
dc.subjectships
dc.titleExploration for shipwrecks off Sunchi Reef, Goa, west coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article


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