Sailing rock art boats : a reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North / Boel Bengtsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bengtsson, Boel (Marine archaeologist), author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2865.

BAR international series ; 2865

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boats, Ancient--Scandinavia.

Boats, Ancient.

Sailing--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.

Sailing.

Bronze age--Scandinavia.

Bronze age.

Underwater archaeology--Scandinavia.

Underwater archaeology.

Scandinavia--Antiquities.

Scandinavia.

Rock paintings--Scandinavia.

Rock paintings.

Boats and boating in art.

Antiquities.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 156 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This work argues that the use of sail as a complement to paddling would have formed an integral part of the development of centres of power in the early Scandinavian Bronze Age, permitting more frequent communication, and thus helping to expand, maintain and control power. This argument stands in sharp contrast to the current belief that the introduction of the sail in the North occurred between the 7th or 8th and the 10th centuries AD. This reassessment of the potential timing and development in the use of the sail derives mainly from an examination of the Bronze Age rock art (c. 1800-500 BC) in southern Scandinavia containing imagery of boats with attributes that can be interpreted as masts and sails, in combination with experimental sail trials in Bronze Age type boats, and using early sailing in ancient Egypt and Oceania as a backdrop.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407344966

140734496X

OCLC:

1257274178