Boats of the World
From the Stone Age to Medieval Times
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 January 2002
- ISBN 9780198144687
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 286x228x37 mm
- Weight 2100 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous maps, halftones & line drawings 0
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Short description:
This is the first comprehensive study of the archaeology of rafts, boats, and ships from the Stone Age to Medieval times. All the regions of the world are covered, from Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, the China Sea, and the Pacific.
MoreLong description:
Maritime archaeology, the study of man's early encounter with the rivers and seas of the world, only came to the fore in the last decades of the twentieth century, long after its parent discipline, terrestrial archaeology, had been established. Yet there were seamen long before there were farmers, navigators before there were potters, and boatbuilders before there were wainwrights. In this book Professor McGrail attempts to correct some of the imbalance in our knowledge of the past by presenting the evidence for the building and use of early water transport: rafts, boats, and ships.
Professor McGrail presents a history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. The coverage is world-wide: from the Baltic and North Seas to the Bay of Bengal and the Tasman Sea; and from the Gulf of Mexico to the China Seas and the Baring Strait.
There is much to be learnt from this very scholarly book. Especially important is its placement of developments in their proper historical context. The author certainly dispels many myths. Benefiting from an extensive index, clear glossary and enormous bibliography, this all encompassing study is a brilliant place to start for anyone wishing to know more about where we have come from in the world of ships and boats.
