entity · artifact_uluburun_cargo
Uluburun Shipwreck Cargo
An archaeological assemblage used to reconstruct trade, production, or social practice.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1335 BCE–1300 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Properties and assignments
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Resource Network
A network linking producers, traders, consumers, and political systems through the movement of strategically important materials.
Why does this record have this property?
The cargo physically documents circulation of copper, tin, glass, luxury goods, and manufactured objects.
Long-Distance Trade
Material exchange connecting communities across substantial geographic distances.
Why does this record have this property?
The assemblage combines materials and objects originating across multiple regions.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
The Uluburun Shipwreck: An Overview — Cemal Pulak (1998)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Uluburun Shipwreck Cargo.
- supports · supports entity record
Tin from Uluburun Shipwreck Shows Small-Scale Commodity Exchange Fueled Continental Tin Supply across Late Bronze Age Eurasia — Wayne Powell, Michael R. Johnson, et al. (2022)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Uluburun Shipwreck Cargo.
Referenced records
- Eastern Mediterranean · entity