16th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

22 16 th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology Klaudia Bartolić Sirotić 1 , Gaetano Benčić 1 , Giulia Boetto 2 , Anton Divić 2 , Ida Koncani Uhač 3 , Davor Munda 1 & Marko Uhač 4 1 Museum of the Poreč Territory, Poreč, Croatia 2 Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France 3 Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia 4 Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage, Conservation Department in Pula, Pula, Croatia A newly-discovered Roman sewn boat from Poreč, Istria (Croatia) The paper will provide results of a preliminary study of a new Roman sewn boat discovered in March 2020 in Poreč (Istria, Croatia) during preventive archaeolog- ical works adjacent to the Porta da Mar, along the southern waterfront of the harbour of the Roman Parentium. Stones of different shape and size covered the shipwreck that lies at the base of a quay made of large worked stone blocks. Many fragments of ceramics and amphorae testify to the use of the port until late An- tiquity, when other structures and a medieval tower were built on the quay. The shipwreck, preserved in a total length of 5.7 m, shares similar architectural char- acteristics with others sewn boats dated to the Roman Imperial Period found in Istria (Pula) and in Dalmatia (Caska and Zaton) and confirms the widespread use of the sewing technique in North-Eastern Adriatic shipbuilding. The excavation and study were led by the Museum of the Poreč Territory in collaboration with the Centre Camille Jullian (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS), the Archaeological Museum of Istria and the Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage of Croatia.