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Sailing Rock Art Boats: A reassessment of seafaring abilities in Bronze Age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the North
Boel Bengtsson
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This book argues that the use of sail as a complement to paddling would have formed an integral part of the development of centres of power in the early Scandinavian Bronze Age, permitting more frequent communication, and thus helping to expand, maintain and control power. This argument stands in sharp contrast to the current belief that the introduction of the sail in the North occurred between the 7th or 8th and the 10th centuries AD. This reassessment of the potential timing and development in the use of the sail derives mainly from an examination of the Bronze Age rock art (c. 1800-500 BC) in southern Scandinavia containing imagery of boats with attributes that can be interpreted as masts and sails, in combination with experimental sail trials in Bronze Age type boats, and using early sailing in ancient Egypt and Oceania as a backdrop.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Illustrations
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List of Abbreviations
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Abstract
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1. Orientation
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2. Sources and Limitations
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3. Sail: The Nile and Oceania
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4. History on Sailing in Scandinavia
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5. Rock Art Boats and the Sail
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6. Testing a Hypothesis
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7. Sail in Bronze Age Scandinavia
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8. Summary and Conclusions
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Published: 2017
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407344966 (ebook)
- 9781407315690 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2865