Maritime trade in the Northern Pontic region in Byzantine era

The thesis is divided into a few chapters-History, Ships and Wrecks, Pottery. The first chapter-History-deals with the History of northern Black Sea Region, history of maritime trade and history of Crimea and Chersonesos, which became the only Byzantine town on that peninsula in the process. The second chapter-Ships and wrecksis engaged in ships development during the Middle Ages, their constructions and building. A short history of underwater archaeology is part of this chapter just before the part about shipwrecks. There have been found quite a lot of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but only a few of them were properly excavated. The most significant wrecks are those from Yassi Ada, Bozburun and Serce Limani in the Mediterranean, as well as shipwrecks in the Sea of Marmara and Pisa shipwreck on the shores of Crimea. These wrecks are important because of their cargo and in case of Yassi Ada, Bozburun and Serce Limani wrecks also because of the extant hull. The third chapter discuss pottery that was found in northern Black Sea region including the pottery found at the Pisa wreck. The chapter is divided into two sections: 1) glazed pottery, 2) amphoras. There are two more articles as supplements, the first one deals with the Black Sea Shipwreck Research Project, the other one considers..