Sources and techniques in boat archaeology : papers based on those presented to a symposium at Greenwich in September 1976, together with edited discussion

by: McGrail, S.

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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Editor's Introduction
List of Contributors
INTRODUCTION
David Wilson
E. V. Wright
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
J. E. G. McKee
1:
2:
3:
Introductory Address
Setting the Scene
A Glossary of Boat Archaeology
Terms
Page
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3
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Discussion - Chaired by Basil Greenhill, National Maritime Museum 14
WOOD DEGRADATION AND CONSERVATION
J. F. Levy 4: Degradation of Wood 15
J. de Jong 5: Conservation of Old Waterlogged 23
Wood
C. W. Gregson 6: Aspects of Waterlogged Wood 45
Conservation
J. Roelfzema 7: New Possibilities in Chemical 55
Engineering for Conserving Structures
of Waterlogged Wood
Discussion - Chaired by Andrew Oddy, British Museum Research 60
Laboratory
ETHNOGRAPHY AND LIVING TRADITION
OlofHaslöf 8: Ethnography and Living Tradition 65
Octavio Lixa Filgueiras 9: The Xavega Boat - a case study in 77
the integration of archaeological
and ethnological data
Discussion - Chaired by Sean McGrail, National Maritime Museum 112
QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
Sean McGrail 10: Searching for Pattern among the 115
Logboats of England and Wales
J. M. Graham li : Quantitative Methods and Boat 137
Archaeology
Discussion - Chaired by Rupert Bruce-Mitford, The British Museum 156
RECORDING FINDS AND PRESENTING INFORMATION
Ole Crumlin-Pedersen 12: Some Principles for the Recording 163
and Presentation of Ancient Boat
Structures
Angela Care Evans 13: Recording and Presentation of Finds 179
from Nautical Contexts
Carl Olof Cederlund 14: Recording the remains of a sewn 191
ship found at Skeppargatan 4 in
Stockholm
Discussion - Chaired by Colin Martin, University of St. Andrews 201
HYPOTHETICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF BOAT FINDS
J. E. G. McKee 15: Hypothetical Reconstructions in 205
Boat Archaeology
J. F. Coates 16: Hypothetical Reconstructions and 215
the Naval Architect
Discussion - Chaired by E wan Corlett, National Maritime Museum 227
EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
J. M. Coles 17: Experimental Archaeology - 233
theory and principles
Sean McGrail 18: Aspects of Experimental Boat 245
Archaeology
Timothy Se ve rin 19: Preliminary Report on the 259
Brendan Project
Discussion - Chaired by Sverre Marstrander, Universitetets 266
Oldsaksamling, Oslo
ANCIENT BOATBUILDING
Arne Emil Christensen 20: Ancient Boatbuilding - a provisional 269
classification
Peter Marsden 21: Celtic Ships of Europe 281
David Sturdy 22: Boat Archaeology of the Thames 289
Discussion - Chaired by Detlev Ellmers, Deutsches Schiffahrts- 298
museum, Bremerhaven
Page
CONCLUSION
Basil Greenhill 23: Summary and Concluding Remarks 303
Discussion - Chaired by David Wilson, The British Museum 307
Glossary 311

Sources and techniques in boat archaeology : papers based on those presented to a symposium at Greenwich in September 1976, together with edited discussion

by: McGrail, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780904531824 / 978-0-904531-82-4
• ISBN-03: 0904531821 / 0-904531-82-1
• Archaeopress, Oxford, 1977

Price: 75,00 EURO

1 copy in stock