Abstract
Anatolian Seljuks, a territorially-powerful medieval government, held their fleet at bases on the Black Sea and Mediterranean coasts, and constructed permanent stone buildings to protect their navy. Although most of these buildings have disappeared, 13th-century defended shipyard buildings have survived at Alanya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. These buildings are not only important architecturally, but can give clues to the types of warships used by the Anatolian Seljuk navy, of which little is known. The dimensions of the shipsheds help us to analyse the construction of these naval vessels. © 2009 The Author
Keywords
Shipyard
Navy
Black sea
Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean sea
Ancient history
Engineering
Geography
History
Archaeology
Shipbuilding
Oceanography
Geology
Subject Areas
Archaeology and Historical Studies
·Archeology ·Social Sciences
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
·Archeology ·Social Sciences
Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
·Archeology ·Social Sciences
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