The Dover Bronze Age boat / edited by Peter Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Peter, 1944- editor.

English Heritage.

Series:

English Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Boats, Prehistoric.

Navigation, Prehistoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Swindon : English Heritage, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84802-142-9

OCLC:

851970555