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Actions Displays	Early Ships and Seafaring : European Water Transport Remove from selection Add to selection TitleEarly Ships and Seafaring : European Water Transport Author Sean McGrail (author)‎ Place of publicationBarnsley PublisherPen and Sword Archaeology Year of publication2014 Paginationviii, 192 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings, maps Dimensions16.3 x 24.1 cm Materialbook Class numberVM16 .M34 2014 ISBN9781781593929 NotesDes Pawson Collection Subjectships, ancient, shipping, History Geographical keywordEurope, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea 'Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe' builds on Professor Seán McGrail's 2006 volume 'Ancient Boats and Ships' by delving deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the stone age and AD1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covered will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe. This interesting volume is easily accessible to those with little to no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern. Seán McGrail introduces the reader to this relatively new discipline through the theory and techniques used in the study of early boats as well as the many different types of evidence available to us, including archaeological, documentary, iconographic, experimental and ethnographic, and the natural, physical laws.

TitleEarly Ships and Seafaring : European Water Transport

Author

Place of publicationBarnsley

Year of publication2014

Paginationviii, 192 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white photographs, black and white drawings, maps

Dimensions16.3 x 24.1 cm

Materialbook

Class numberVM16 .M34 2014

ISBN9781781593929

NotesDes Pawson Collection

'Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe' builds on Professor Seán McGrail's 2006 volume 'Ancient Boats and Ships' by delving deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the stone age and AD1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covered will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe.

This interesting volume is easily accessible to those with little to no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern. Seán McGrail introduces the reader to this relatively new discipline through the theory and techniques used in the study of early boats as well as the many different types of evidence available to us, including archaeological, documentary, iconographic, experimental and ethnographic, and the natural, physical laws.