The “San Giacomo di Galizia” Warship Galleon (1597)—Building Narratives through an Archaeological and Historical Reading of the Ribadeo I Shipwreck

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Tânia Manuel Casimiro¹  Sagrario Martínez-Ramirez²  Ana Crespo-Solana³  Miguel San Claudio Santa Cruz⁴  Inês Almendra Castro⁵ 

[1] História Territórios Comunidades, Centro de Ecologia Funcional, NOVA University of Lisbon;Institute of Material Structure;Institute of History;Xunta de Galicia;History Department, NOVA University of Lisbon

关键词: shipwreck;    material culture;    archives;    archaeometric analysis;    San Giacomo di Galicia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/heritage6020092

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Early November 1597. After an intense combat with four enemy ships, San Giacomo di Galizia (also known as Santiago), a just over 1000-ton galleon, enters the Ribadeo harbour in a terrible state, where it wrecks. This war vessel had been built in Naples in 1590 and sailed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic until it sank. In late November 2011, during an archaeological survey of the dredge area to improve the navigation of the ports in Galicia, a large ship was found and identified as the San Giacomo, which wrecked 414 years prior to its discovery. Several archaeological campaigns permitted a thorough record of the wreck and the recovery of hundreds of objects which this ship carried on its final journey. These artefacts included ceramics, metalwork, and wood, objects which reflected the activities that occurred on board during its short life. Combining an interdisciplinary approach based on artefacts, documents, and chemical analysis, the aim of this paper is to, on the one hand, attempt to reconstruct the sailing itinerary of the ship over its period of use and, on the other, to discuss how these commodities can help to write new narratives about the activities which occurred on board.

【 授权许可】

CC BY