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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: Mongolian invasion ship discovered

Ryukyu university team discovered the recked ship in Imari bay.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20111020-OYT1T00964.htm (Photo)
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:15 am Post subject:

Really interesting article. Thanks for posting that. Looking forward to finding out in more detail about those early grenades.

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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:39 am Post subject:

Here is the Japan Times article in English.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111024x2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:02 am Post subject:

I saw in the article that they say the ship was from the 1281 Invasion, how can they tell when the ship was sunk? We're only talking about a 7 year difference over 700 hundred years ago. Did the Mongols use radically different types of ships in the 2 Invasions?

Just curious.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:20 am Post subject:

I would guess it's pretty straightforward. The probably found something easily dateable or something with a date stamped on it like a coin or something.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:27 am Post subject:

Also maybe the location tells them the timeframe. Historical records maybe give fairly precise locations of enemy ships as reported by the defenders.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:14 am Post subject:

Yeah, I'd assume it was based on coins or something. Carbon dating or the like cannot be that specific, especially as it would date the wood to when the tree was felled, not to when the ship sank.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

All plausible answers. Thanks guys!
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:05 am Post subject:

Are these finds connected to the 2004 KOSUWA (Kyushu Okinawa Society for Underwater Archaeology) find?

http://www.archaeology.org/0301/etc/kamikaze.html
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