The Hjortsping boat, fully excavated in the 1920s, is arguably the most important archaeological find from early Iron Age Scandinavia. This volume forms the first English-language analysis of the find and its context, beginning with the background to the discovery and excavation of the warship and its new display at the centre of a special exhibition at the National Museum in Copenhagen. Illustrated throughout with photographs, many in colour, and drawings of each part of the warship and its associated finds, this is an extremely well-presented study. Specialist contributions examine the...

This volume presents the final report of the Morocco Maritime Survey, set up to investigate the martime record of the Tangier Peninsula through archaeological survey and historical research. The survey identified several significant archaeological sites, primarily from the Roman and pre-Roman periods and illuminated the region's ties to other contemporary Mediterranean cultures and economies in antiquity.

Edited by Dionisius A. Agius, John P. Cooper, Athena Trakadas and Chiara Zazzaro

Proceedings of Red Sea Project V held at the University of Exeter, 16-19 September 2010

British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs No. 12

Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other contributions that has seen the coming-together of scholars and researchers from backgrounds as diverse as archaeology, history, ethnography, maritime and heritage studies of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Its strength lies in the way such diversity has been harnessed to provide an engaging and insightful study of the sea and its influences on...