Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age

by Catherine Frieman, Dave Parham, Stuart P. Needham, et al.

First discovered by sport divers in the 1970s, the two remarkable seabed finds of prehistoric bronze metalwork described here quickly became a testing ground for the new discipline of underwater archaeology, initially under the leadership of the pioneering maritime archaeologist Keith Muckelroy. A haul of 361 bronzes from Langdon Bay, Kent, represents one of the largest deposits from Bronze Age Europe. Dating to the thirteenth century BC, the collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902771958
• ISBN13: 9781902771953
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.6"