The Dover Bronze Age Boat.
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.
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London :
English Heritage Publishing,
2012.
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Table of 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.