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The Maderö wreck: a ship loaded with bricks from Lübeck sunk in the Stockholm Archipelago in the late 15th century
Affiliations
- [1] Stockholm Univ, Dept Archaeol & Class Studies, Archaeol Res Lab, Stockholm, Sweden [NORA names: Sweden; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [2] Ceram Studies, Nyhamnslage, Sweden [NORA names: Sweden; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [3] Dendro, Broenshoej, Denmark [NORA names: Miscellaneous; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [4] Univ Copenhagen, SAXO Inst, Copenhagen, Denmark [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
- [5] Swedish Natl Maritime & Transport Museums, VRAK, Stockholm, Sweden [NORA names: Sweden; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]
Abstract
The Madero wreck was discovered in the 1960s in the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. An archaeological investigation undertaken in 2022 included the inspection and documentation of visible ship parts, sampling for dendrochronological analysis and sampling for ICP analysis from the brick cargo. The results show that the wood originates from the Baltic Sea area and was felled after 1467, while the clay for the brick originates from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern area. The ship's technical analysis shows that it is a large clinker-built merchant ship. Traces of iron on a recovered stone shot indicate that the ship was armed when it sank.
Keywords
Baltic Sea,
Bricks,
Clinker,
Lubeck,
Ordnance,
Stockholm,
Timber
