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

The philosophy of shipbuilding : conceptual approaches to the study of wooden ships / edited by Frederick M. Hocker and Cheryl A. Ward ; foreword by George F. Bass. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2004. - xii, 183 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series . - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.

Shipbuilding: philosophy, practice, and research / Boatbuilding in ancient Egypt / Principles and methods of construction in ancient naval architecture / Nordic clinker construction / Bottom-based shipbuilding in northwestern Europe / "I've already sold my tunic": Nile skippers and their problems in the mid-third century B.C. / Two Athenian ship models of the third millennium B.C. / The Tantura wrecks and ancient Mediterranean shipbuilding / Characteristics of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Iberian ships / Sails on an inland sea: the evolution of Lake Champlain's sailing merchant fleet / George F. Bass -- Frederick M. Hocker -- Cheryl A. Ward -- Patrice Pomey -- Ole Crumlin-Pedersen -- Frederick M. Hocker -- Lionel Casson -- Lucien Basch -- Yaacov Kahanov ... [et al.] -- Thomas J. Oertling -- Kevin Crisman. Foreword /

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Ships, Wooden--Design and construction.
Shipbuilding--History.
Underwater archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Navires en bois--Conception et construction.
Construction navale--Histoire.
Archo��?�logie sous-marine.
Fouilles (Archo��?�logie)

VM144 / .P49 2004