Boats of the World From the Stone Age to Medieval Times

Name: Boats of the World From the Stone Age to Medieval Times
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ISBN: 9780199271863

ISBN-10: 0199271860

ISBN-13: 9780199271863

Edition: 2004

Authors: Seï¿½n McGrail, Seï¿½n McGrail

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Maritime archaeology, the study of man's early encounter with the rivers and seas of the world, only came to the fore in the last decades of the twentieth century, long after its parent discipline, terrestrial archaeology, had been established. Yet there were seamen long before there were farmers, navigators before there were potters, and boatbuilders before there were wainwrights. In this book Professor McGrail attempts to correct some of the imbalance in our knowledge of the past by presenting the evidence for the building and use of early water transport: rafts, boats, and ships.

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 8.62" wide x 10.87" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 3.938
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Lists of Tables


Abbreviations


Conventions used in the text



Sources and Themes



Egypt



Arabia



The Mediterranean



Atlantic Europe



India, (sample section)



The Neolithic and Bronze Ages



The Iron Age



Graeco-Roman trade with India



Seafaring in the Bay of Bengal (first-eight centuries AD)



Medieval European contacts with India



Planked boats and ships up to the twentieth century



Medieval and later navigational techniques



Greater Australia



South-East Asia



Oceania



China



The Americas



Early Water Transport


Bibliography


Glossary


Index