event · evt_uluburun_shipwreck
Loss of the Uluburun Ship
A richly laden merchant vessel sank off the Anatolian coast, preserving evidence for wide-ranging Late Bronze Age exchange.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Excavated shipwreck
- Copper and tin ingots
- Raw materials and finished goods from multiple regions
proposed causes
consequences
The wreck and cargo are directly excavated; exact sailing route and commercial organization remain interpretative.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1335 BCE–1300 BCE
Precision: archaeological range
highdendrochronology and cargo chronology
- informs · establishes
The Uluburun Shipwreck: An Overview — Cemal Pulak (1998)
Locator: entire article - informs · provides dataset
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)
Locator: tin-ingot analyses
Event context
People and places
Locations: Eastern Mediterranean
Documentary evidence: Uluburun Shipwreck Cargo
Participants: Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks, Late Bronze Age International System
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Contextual Event
An event included to reconstruct the contemporary world without presuming that it caused the collapse.
Why does this record have this property?
This event is included to reconstruct the wider contemporary system or later memory layer without presuming direct causation.
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
The Uluburun Shipwreck: An Overview — Cemal Pulak (1998)Source relationship recorded for Loss of the Uluburun Ship.
Locator: entire article - informs · provides dataset
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)Source relationship recorded for Loss of the Uluburun Ship.
Locator: tin-ingot analyses
Referenced records
- Eastern Mediterranean · entity
- Late Bronze Age International System · entity
- Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks · entity
- Uluburun Shipwreck Cargo · entity