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The philosophy of shipbuilding : conceptual approaches to the study of wooden ships /

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"This book is a reference work for those interested in the ancient world, especially in the art of shipbuilding."--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hocker, Frederick M., 1961-, Ward, Cheryl A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A and M University Press, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:
Ships, Wooden > Design and construction.
Shipbuilding > History.
Underwater archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Navires en bois > Conception et construction.
Construction navale > Histoire.
Archéologie sous-marine.
Fouilles (Archéologie)
underwater archaeology.
55.41 history of shipping, ship building and ships.
Shipbuilding.
Holzschiffbau
Scheepsbouw.
Geschichte
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
History (form)
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / George F. Bass
  • Shipbuilding: philosophy, practice, and research / Frederick M. Hocker
  • Boatbuilding in ancient Egypt / Cheryl A. Ward
  • Principles and methods of construction in ancient naval architecture / Patrice Pomey
  • Nordic clinker construction / Ole Crumlin-Pedersen
  • Bottom-based shipbuilding in northwestern Europe / Frederick M. Hocker
  • "I've already sold my tunic": Nile skippers and their problems in the mid-third century B.C. / Lionel Casson
  • Two Athenian ship models of the third millennium B.C. / Lucien Basch
  • The Tantura wrecks and ancient Mediterranean shipbuilding / Yaacov Kahanov [and others]
  • Characteristics of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Iberian ships / Thomas J. Oertling
  • Sails on an inland sea: the evolution of Lake Champlain's sailing merchant fleet / Kevin Crisman.