2008/03/29 by Filipe Castro, Nuno Fonseca, T. Vacas +1 · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · Engineering · Mathematics · #Maritime and Coastal Archaeology #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Historical Studies on Spain #Craft #Excavation #Mediterranean climate #History #Square (algebra) #Archaeology #Engineering #Geography #Mathematics
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2008.00183.x
openalex publication_date 2008/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Modern-day engineering can be a useful tool to help understand the technological changes which led to the development of the three-masted ships of the modern age of sail, in the beginning of the 15th century. Recent finding and excavation of an increasing number of medieval shipwrecks offers the opportunity, and the authors propose to build a database with technical characteristics of late-medieval vessels in the hope of finding patterns that will help understand the relatively-quick technological evolution of Mediterranean merchant craft of the 14th and 15th centuries. © 2008 The Authors