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NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 6.3
them, and probably accounts for us finding their outer faces; a selection of them is illus- this example without any sign of an associ- trated in Fig. 33. Except one, none of these ated globe (73 K 276; Site E,-5.0/-8.8). wedges were caulked in position, and in no case
N6. The base and dial of another pocket sundial, do we possess a complete example. To date, no in this instance with an ivory base and brass parallels to this practice of using uncaulked dial; neither the card nor the top had sur- square-headed treenails have been identified. vived (76 K 89; Site G,-1 1-910.9)(Fig. 29).
P. Items of armament
In the 1973 interim report, the items of arma- ment found are quite comprehensively de- scribed, and illustrations are provided of one of the iron cannon from the site, and of a pair of bronze shot moulds (wrongly described as iron in the caption, Price & Muckelroy, 1974: 262- 3). Other relevant items found recently include: P12. A brass spike, with a key-like handle, pos-
Other wooden items are :
Q7. A wooden knob 0.044 m tall; probably a
sibly a vent pricker or scourer. Similaritems
have been found on other Dutch East India-
meqincluding theDeLiefde(l711)(74K 53; R.Rope and other organic material Site F, -14.3/-5.0) (Fig. 32).
P15. A gun flint, about 0.03 m long (76 K 2; Site G, surface find).
Q. Wooden objects
As described above, Sites F and G contained an extensive organic matte, which was primarily composed of wood splinters, most of which possessed no diagnostic features. Within this level, however, were over 20 treenails, mostly used and containing square headed wedges in
The organic mattes on Sites F and G contained very many fragments of oakum, rope, string, and other such materials. Only a selection of the more distinctive items can be noted:
R7. A dozen peppercorns. On reopening a small bottle which had contained them for over a year, a strong smell of pepper was apparent (74 K 4; Site F, -14.4/-2.3) (Fig. 34). Much greater quantities were also found in the organic levels of Site G.
Figure 34. A pile of peppercorns from Site F . Photo: Zetland County Museum.
pan handle or similar, although from its unworn base it had evidently never been fitted to anything (73 K 295; Site F, -14.6/ -3-8).
Q12. A piece of wood originally iron shod; apparently the end of a spike or wedge (76 K 60; Site F, -14-01-4.5).
Q14. A wooden disc, 0.022 m in diameter and 0.003 m thick (76K 30; Site C,4-2/96).
Q33. A bottle cork, 0.028 m in diameter (76 K 204; Site G,-12.6/0.4).
Figure 33. Three treenails with wedges. Scale 1 :2. 214