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Anoxic substrate

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The "corrosive" power of seawater does not degrade wood: oxygen supports the organisms that do the work. The anoxic sediments preserved the wood. There should be something to this effect in the sources.--Wetman (talk) 16:47, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thanks a lot. Bad science on my part. Poliocretes (talk) 18:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Season of sinking

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"Also located among the wreck were remnants of food, including grape, fig, olive and barley. These appear to originate in the eastern Mediterranean, most likely southwest Turkey and adjacent islands, and indicate that the ship sank during the summer.[2][4]"

I'd seriously question this. All foodstuffs mentioned are likely to have been in their dried (grape, fig and barley) and preserved (olives) forms in order to facilitate transport - they would have rotted during the journey otherwise. The posited summer shipwreck cannot be supported by their presence - it could have happened at any time of year if (as seems most likely) they were dried/preseved). 86.150.97.36 (talk) 12:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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