16th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

32 16 th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology José L. Casabán 1 & Irena Radić Rossi 2 1 Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, USA 2 University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia Recording, analysis, and interpretation of the hull remains of Santo Hieronimo (1576), a vessel from the merchant fleet of the Maritime Republic of Ragusa Following the discovery of the remains of Santo Hieronimo in the early 1970s near the Island of Šipan (Croatia), the Maritime Museum of Dubrovnik carried out the rescue excavation of the wreck under the direction of Anica Kisić. The pioneering work initiated by the Maritime Museum of Dubrovnik led to the pre- liminary interpretation of hull remains and recovered artefacts. Ten years later, the research conducted at the National Archive of Dubrovnik resulted in the identification of the wreck. The archaeological study of the remains of Santo Hieronimo continued in 2014, with a series of systematic surveys and excavation campaigns, carried out as part of the Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring Project (AdriaS). The aim of the project was the interdisciplinary study and interpretation of the archaeological and historical record of shipbuilding and seafaring in the Eastern Adriatic. This paper presents the latest results of the archaeological excavation, recording, and interpretation of the hull features, dimensions, and assembly of Santo Hieronimo to understand the design and construction of the post-medi- eval vessels that sailed the Adriatic Sea. In addition, this study aims to identify design and technological transfers between Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Atlan- tic shipbuilding traditions through the comparative analysis of the archaeological remains of Santo Hieronimo and contemporary 16 th -century vessels. Finally, the paper also provides an evaluation of the digital techniques, especially underwater photogrammetry, applied to the recording and interpretation of the hull remains of Santo Hieronimo since 2014.