Artifacts

The artifact collection found within the 10 x 10 m area defined around the Arade 1 ship is small and poor.  A cast iron gun, a pewter plate and a copper cauldron were found during the 2001 field season.  An olive jar and three dead-eyes have been found during the 2002 field season.  A total of 114 artifacts were raised and catalogued, mostly ceramic shards.

The study of the artifact collection will undoubtedly yield information that will perhaps help identify and date this type of vessel.  For the time being only basic conservation is underway, and its study will only be considered in the context of the whole Arade River artifact collection, gathered during the last decades by the local archaeological museum.