Beyond the mole: redefining harbour capacity for the ancient Mediterranean
The SHIPs project examines ancient harbours from a maritime perspective, analysing integrated harbour systems across contrasting environments in the Mediterranean region. Application of standardised analyses demonstrates that extra-basin anchorage zones played a decisive role in determining harbour capacity and enables more robust evaluation and comparative ranking of ancient ports.
Authors
- Emmanuel Nantet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-6615)
- Matthieu Giaime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1261-0047)
- Michael Lazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-5166)
Institutions
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (FR)
- University of Haifa (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10424
- Primary Topic
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission