Deep Water, Ancient Ships — The Treasure Vault of the Mediterranean
by Willard Bascom
http://www.alibris.com/Deep-Water-Ancient-Ships-The-Treasure-Vault-of-the-Mediterranean-Willard-Bascom/book/1542208
ah, found it on the drive:
“It sits upright on the bottom, lightly covered by the sea dust of 2,500 years,” he wrote. “The wave-smashed deckhouse and splintered bulwarks tell of the violence of its last struggle with the sea. A stub of a mast still remains.”
and the original link was in the file:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0105/feature3/assignment1.html
I read them all.
I was not familiar with Willard Bascom.
I had completely forgotten about the Black Sea megaflood, which explains the transition from fresh water to salt water.
I've lived in Portland and Seattle for a long time and was not aware of our own glacial megafloods until I moved here.
There is also a strong academic consensus in this area that most early settlements in the northwest were on the coast and disappeared under the post-glacial Pacific Ocean.
And thanks for the amphora photo. I love that utensil. It was the standardized canned goods/bottle/shipping container of the Mediterranean for 4000 years!