Navigation and Maritime Trade Networks in the Aegean (9th–13th c.): The Evidence from Shipwrecks
Journal: HFF
Year: 2024

This paper focuses on the study of seventy-four shipwrecks as evidence for the understanding of complex navigation patterns and the formation of maritime trade networks in the Aegean during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods. An analysis based on the spatial and chronological distribution of wrecks and on the nature of their cargo has been followed. The aim of this study is to place the maritime archaeological data in the broader historical and archaeological context of the period, for the in