The Seacraft of Prehistory

ISBN-13: 9780415026352 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 288 str.

Paul Johnstone

Opis

A detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from the earliest times until the dawn of recorded history using new archaeological information.

Recenzje

`A fascinating and inspiring overview, which no student of archaeology should fail to read' - Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Paul Johnstone