Date: March 241 BCE
Event: Naval Battle
Combatants: Rome and Carthage
Location: Egadi Islands, Sicily
Warships: Quinqueremes
Site sector PW-A was designated during the 2011 season when the first concentration of material from the battle was located. ROV verification during the 2012 field season discovered a concentration of objects that have both spatial and chronological association, including: Greco-Italic V/VI type amphoras, Punic amphoras, bronze helmets, tableware, and bronze warship rams. This sector is over 6 km south-southeast of sector PW-A where the Egadi 2 ram, and possibly the Egadi 7 ram, were found, and nearly 7 km west of Levanzo Island. Sector PW-A is thus far approximately a square km in size, an area that extend from the edge of the open, sandy sector where dragging scars are prevalent into to the rocky area further west. As such, many of the artifacts here are either in their original depositional location or have only been slightly disturbed. As finds in this area include small items such as bronze helmet cheek pieces and their hinges, a detailed search of the area is ongoing. Research will also determine the extent of this site sector. Site sector PW-A is within a larger protoction zone under the command of the Captain of the Port of Trapani and the Guardia Costiera.
Sector PW-A is thus far approximately a square km in size, an area that extend from the edge of the open, sandy sector where dragging scars are prevalent into to the rocky area further west. As such, many of the artifacts here are either in their original depositional location or have only been slightly disturbed. As finds in this area include small items such as bronze helmet cheek pieces and their hinges, a detailed search of the area is ongoing. Research will also determine the extent of this site sector. Site sector PW-A is within a larger protoction zone under the command of the Captain of the Port of Trapani and the Guardia Costiera.
The Egadi 9 ram and Egadi 10 ram were both discovered in 2012 at the PW-A site sector and were raised during the course of the Egadi Island 2013 field season.
The Egadi 11 ram was discovered and raised during the Egadi Island 2013 field season at the PW-A site as well.
