North sea archaeologies : a maritime biography, 10,000 BC - AD 1500 / Robert Van de Noort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van de Noort, Robert.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underwater archaeology--North Sea.

Underwater archaeology.

Water-saturated sites (Archaeology)--North Sea.

Water-saturated sites (Archaeology).

North Sea--Antiquities.

North Sea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'North Sea Archaeologies' is an innovative study analysing the archaeology of the North Sea, and the way surrounding peoples engaged with it, from the end of the last ice age, c.10,000 BC, to the close of the Middle Ages, c.AD 1500.

Contents:

Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Note to the reader; 1. Introduction: the sea is 'good to think'; 2. An archaeological theory of the sea; 3. The sea as a dynamic and hybrid landscape; 4. Fish: exploring the sea as a taskscape; 5. Socializing coastal landscapes; 6. Archipelagos and islands; 7. Moving across the North Sea; 8. The daily practice of seafaring: the ship as heterotopia par excellence; 9. The cultural biographies of boats; 10. Conclusions: a maritime biography; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-191784-2

1-283-57761-5

9786613890061

0-19-163437-9

OCLC:

774276085