288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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The nautical dimension of prehistory has not so far received the attention it deserves. It is also too often assumed that early man was land bound, yet this is demonstrably not the case. Recent research has shown that man travelled and tracked over greater distances and at a much earlier date than has previously been thought possible. Some of these facts can be explained only by man's mastery... Read more
1: General Survey of Early Types of Water Transport; 1: Earliest times; 2: Raft and reed; 3: Bark; 4: Skin; 5: Dug-outs and the evolution of the plank-built boat; 2: Europe; 6: The earlier Mediterranean; 7: The later Mediterranean; 8: The Atlantic; 9: Scandinavia; 10: The British Isles: skin boats; 11: The British Isles: wooden craft; 12: European river craft; 3: Outside Europe; 13: The Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf; 14: China and Japan; 15: The Pacific; 16: The Americas
Biography
Paul Johnstone
`A fascinating and inspiring overview, which no student of archaeology should fail to read' - Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology
