Prelims; Half title; Dedication; Title page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Summary; Resume; Zusammenfassung; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Glossary; Chapter 3 -- Discovery and excavation; Chapter 4 -- Recording; Chapter 5 -- Description of the boat; Chapter 6 -- Illuminating the original shape of the Dover boat timbers; Chapter 7 -- Woodland management and timber conversion; Chapter 8 -- Assembly and construction techniques; Chapter 9 -- The reconstruction experiment; Chapter 10 -- Reconstruction and performance; Chapter 11 -- Other artefacts from the site
Chapter 12 -- The environmental evidenceChapter 13 -- Dating; Chapter 14 -- Affinities and differences; Chapter 15 -- The boat in its cultural setting; Chapter 16 -- The deposition of the boat; Chapter 17 -- Conservation; Chapter 18 -- Reassembly and display; Chapter 19 -- Discussion; Endmatter; References; Index; Fold-out illustrations; Fig 3.11; Fig 5.1; Fig 5.6; Fig 5.18; Fig 5.19; Fig 5.20; Fig 5.24; Fig 5.46; Fig 10.2; Fig 10.3; Fig 12.6; Imprint
Summary
Tells the dramatic story of the discovery in 1992 of the perfectly preserved remains of a large prehistoric, sewn plank boat in Dover, a unique find of a boat capable of cross-channel sailing. It includes carefully researched reconstruction drawings