Shipwrights, Sailors and Society in the Middle Bronze Age of NW Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12710368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Clark (0000-0003-1001-9226, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-96 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Wetland Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1473-2971 • E-ISSN: 2051-6231 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/jwa.2005.5.1.87 |
| OpenAlex | W2035158616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
The discovery of the Dover boat (1550 cal BC) suggests that contemporary models of MBA social structure, focused on the extended family group, are not the whole story. Surely such vessels did not serve a single household; many people would have been involved in its construction and supplying its crew, whilst its very existence implies long-distance contact between wider level social polities. Who had the expertise to build such a vessel and sail it across the open seas?Taking the Dover boat as a starting point, this paper speculates on the nature of social structure during the Middle Bronze Age
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Crew · Geography · Middle East · Point (geometry · Social organisation · Social science · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Ulysses' Sail
The Uluburun shipwreck
The Uluburun shipwreck
Discovery and Excavation
Middle Bronze Age trade between Britain and Europe
Houses, Lifecycles and Deposition on Middle Bronze Age Settlements in Southern England
Later Bronze Age Downland Economy and Excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex
The Ferriby Boats
"Flemming Kaul, "Ships on Bronzes. A Study in Bronze Age Religion and Iconography
A Bronze Age Settlement at Chalton, Hants (Site 78)
The ‘Kilnsea-boat’, and some implications from the discovery of England's oldest plank boat remains
Hjortspring
A Cornish vessel from farthest Kent
Plank-built in the Bronze Age
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2018 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |