Toggles and sails in the ancient world: Rigging elements Recovered from the tantura B shipwreck, Israel

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-252

  Polzer, Mark E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medieval; Rigging; Rope; Sails; Tantura; Toggles

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449094480     PISSN: 10572414     EISSN: 10959270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2008.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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