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The most important result of this first survey campaign was not only the relocation of
four marble wrecks, along with two other heavily-looted amphora cargoes, 85 but also the
reinvestigation of the marble artifacts associated with the Punta Scifo A, B, Capo Cimiti,
and Punta Cicala shipwrecks, a study that had ended with the last Aquarius campaign
in 1994. For the second time since Paolo Orsi, a small group of archaeologists could see
first-hand the situation on the seafloor.
The 2006 Mapping Season
The 2006 season saw a much smaller team working in Croton: RPM Nautical
Foundation did not take part in the second research campaign, but the Center for
Maritime Archaeology and Conservation at Texas A&M University (CMAC) and INA
provided field support for the author and archaeologist Lilia Campana, for the total
duration of the research permit (July 15 - August 15). The equipment used was
extremely simple, but well-tested, reliable, and effective: a small launch powered by a
10 HP engine (Fig. 23), basic SCUBA gear, a handheld GPS system, two digital cameras
with underwater housings, PhotoModeler 4.0 mapping software, and, in case of poor
weather, an inflatable dinghy (Fig. 24) that was anchored over the site and used to hold
tape measures, miscellaneous tools, and other supplies.
85 In the resort called “Eurocamping” several sherds of Greco-Italic A amphoras were seen at a depth of 5
m., and in resort “La Tonnara” a large concentration of Dressel 2-4 amphoras. The former are dated to the
late fourth-early third century B.C., the latter to the late first century B.C.-mid second century A.D.
(Peacock and Williams 1986, 84-5; 105-6.) Mr. Luigi Cantafora had already shown these sites to the
author in 1996, during a summer field school organized by the local Gruppo Archeologico Krotoniate.
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