Underwater archaeological survey of Nesebar Aquatory

Abstract

The underwater archaeological heritage of Nesebar, ancient Mesambria, was surveyed from 1960 to 1984. L. Ognenova discovered remains from the fortification system of the ancient town, dated to Pre-Greek, Classic, Hellenistic and Late Antique period (Preshlenov 2012). Most of the underwater monuments from the northern side of Nesebar peninsula were buried under coastal protection facilities built in 1980s. In 2017 the Center for Underwater Archaeology resumed the study. Most of the known and some unknown monuments were discovered and documented. These were walls of massive slabs (fig. 3, fig. 1. 2, 7) or well processed blocks (fig. 2, fig. 1. 4–6) associated with the Greek polis, Late Antique walls of stones with mortar (fig. 1. 1) as well as in opus mixtum (fig. 1. 3, 10). A wall dated to the Pre-Greek period was not found. The majority of these structures lay
between 2 and 3 m depth. Only one wall of blocks (fig. 1. 6) is at 5,5 m depth (Preshlenov 2012, 503, fig. 5, 509–512). A marine geophysical survey was conducted.

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ORCID for Pavel, Yordanov Georgiev: orcid.org/0000-0003-2744-2055

ORCID for Zdravka, Hristova Georgieva: orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-5085

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