Otok Veruda, također poznat kao “Fratarski” otok, omiljeno je
odredište za odmor stanovnika grada Pule u Hrvatskoj. Arheolozi
Međunarodnog centra za podvodnu arheologiju u Zadru (MCPA)
istraživali su kod Verude u jesen 2013. i tom prilikom pronađena
je gomila balastnog kamena koja je izgledala kao brodolom. Ispod
te gomile otkriveni su arheološki artefakti i ostaci strukture drvenog
broda. Do 2016. godine MCPA Zadar i Njemački arheološki institut
(DAI) pokrenuli su projekt istraživanja Verude. Za potrebe ovog
projekta razvijen je potpuno novi sustav digitalne fotogrametrijske
dokumentacije koji je i korišten tijekom iskopavanja u proljeće 2016.
Na taj je način otkrivena kompletna drvena konstrukcija i izrađen vrlo
precizan 3D model i nacrt. Tijekom iskopavanja pronađeni su mnogi
artefakti, a čini se da je brod nosio teret otpadnog metala, uglavnom
kositra i bakra i nekih poluproizvoda od bakra i bronce. Nekoliko
sitnih krhotina ranonovovjekovne keramike i stakla može se datirati
u drugu polovicu 16. i početak 17. stoljeća.The island of Veruda - also referred to colloquially as Monks’ Island -
is a favourite holiday destination for the inhabitants of the Croatian city
of Pula. Archaeologists with the International Centre for Underwater
Archaeology in Zadar (ICUA) surveyed the Veruda area in the autumn
of 2013. They identified a mound of ballast stones that appeared to
be from a shipwreck. Small archaeological artefacts and the remains
of the structure of a wooden vessel were discovered under the ballast
stones. By 2016 ICUA Zadar and the German Archaeological
Institute (DAI) had jointly initiated the Veruda excavation project.
An entirely novel system of digital photogrammetry documentation
was developed and used during the excavation in the spring of 2016.
In this manner the complete wooden structure was revealed and a
very precise 3D model and drawings were produced. Many artefacts
were recovered in the course of the excavation, and it appears that the
ship carried a cargo of scrap metal, mostly smelted tin and copper and
some copper and bronze intermediate products. A few small sherds of
post-medieval pottery and glass can be dated to the second half of the
sixteenth and early seventeenth century
