16th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

44 16 th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology Anton Divić 1 , Giulia Boetto 1 & Krunoslav Zubčić 2 1 Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France 2 Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia Digital reconstruction hypothesis of the Roman-era fluvial barge from Kamensko, Croatia The Kamensko shipwreck, as presented on the ISBSA 15 in Marseille, is that of a Roman-era fluvial barge well preserved on the riverbed of the Kupa under the cargo of bricks it was transporting on its last voyage. Excavated between 2015 and 2018 by a joint team from the Centre Camille Jullian (CCJ) and the Croatian Conservation Institute (HRZ), it is the first fluvial shipwreck to be systematically studied in Croatia. This paper will present a digital 3D reconstruction hypothesis of the barge’s hull shape and structure, its propulsion and direction systems as well as its cargo disposition, with the special emphasis placed on the processes and methodologi- cal approaches behind the final result. The 3D reconstruction hypothesis, created in Rhinoceros 3D software within the framework of a PhD project of one of the co-authors, was conceived on the basis of substantial fieldwork documentation, photogrammetric recording and 3D plans of the remains, as well as through perti- nent archaeological and iconographic parallels. Besides “bringing to life” the ship- wreck after two millennia, the reconstruction hypothesis served as a model for hydrostatical experimentation and analyses of barge’s navigation performances in relationship with its nautical space, tackling the issues of the barge’s hydrostat- ic stability, draught, displacement, capacity, construction sequence, and carrying out other pertinent studies whose results will be presented in this paper.