Title The Dover Bronze Age boat in context : society and water transport in prehistoric Europe / edited by Peter Clark

Published Oxford : Oxbow, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 152 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Foreword / Frank Panton -- 1. The Dover boat ten years after its discovery / Peter Clark -- 2. Evidence of a marine environment associated with the Dover boat / Christopher Green -- 3. Reconstructing the Dover boat / Peter Marsden -- 4. The legacy of Ted Wright / John Coates -- 5. Some thoughts on boats as Bronze Age artefacts / Francis Pryor -- 6. Round the headland or over the horizon? ; an examination of evidence for British prehistoric efforts to construct a seaworthy boat / Owain Roberts -- 7. North-west European seagoing boats before A.D. 400 / Sean McGrail Summary "The remains of a Bronze Age boat discovered in Dover in 1992 was one of the most important British archaeological finds of the later twentieth century. The complex, perfectly preserved sewn-plank boat, dating from the second millennium BC, was not only a remarkable find in its own right but it also alluded to a highly sophisticated society that made and used the boat more than three and a half millennia ago." "The authors build a picture of what life was like at the time that the Dover boat set sail, from its marine environment and seaworthiness, boat-building techniques and materials, to the possible social and religious perceptions of boats and sea voyages more generally. They explore the implications of the discovery for Bronze Age society, water transport and cultural contact in a European context, from the shores of Britain, through northern and central Europe, to the eastern Mediterranean and beyond."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Boats, Ancient -- England -- Dover -- Congresses Ships, Ancient -- Europe, Northern -- Congresses Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Europe, Northern -- Congresses Bronze age -- Europe, Northern -- Congresses Shipbuilding -- Europe, Northern -- History -- Congresses HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Antiquities Antiquities, Prehistoric Boats, Ancient Bronze age Shipbuilding Ships, Ancient Boot Bronzezeit Archeologie. Schepen. Bronstijd. Culturele invloeden. Bateaux préhistoriques -- Grande-Bretagne -- Douvres (GB) Bateaux préhistoriques -- Europe du Nord. Antiquités préhistoriques -- Europe du Nord. Construction navale -- Europe du Nord -- Histoire. SUBJECT Dover (England) -- Antiquities -- Congresses Subject England -- Dover Northern Europe Dover Douvres (GB) -- Antiquités. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Clark, Peter (Peter R.), 1959- ISBN 9781782976820 1782976825

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