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1 online resource. |
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text |
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online resource |
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First edition. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Pathways and Ideas; Premises; Contexts and scope; Foundations; Archaeology or anthropology?; The middle range; Shifting sands; From method to management; Money, policy, law and ethics; Knowing what is there; Chapter 2: Watercraft; Communication, subsistence, trade and exchange; The first seafarers?; Preservation; Failure or success?; Ritual deposition and abandonment; Contexts and meanings; Time capsules?; Selection; Aggregate value; Ships as things; Reading ships; Purpose; Technology. |
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TraditionMaterials; Economy; Environment; Ideology; Ships as society; Chapter 3: Sources, Theories and Practice; Images and altered perception; The attrition of time; Discovery, management and access; Ships of trade; Ships of war; Art or science?; Theory and practice; Technological particulars or social trends?; Data, facts and objectivity; Archaeological historical synthesis; Technology, innovation and social change; Chapter 4: From Medieval to Modern: Ships of State; Terminology; Technological precedents; Innovation and change; Northern Europe; The Mediterranean region. |
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Cultural transmissionCocha -- carrack; From carrack to carvel; Mary Rose; Hull structure; Principles of construction sequence; Form and adaptations; The Kravel: Key to a kingdom; Gustav Vasa and the Swedish State; Discovery; Hull structure; Rig; Fittings; Ordnance; Dating and identification; Ship type and origin; Symbols of Power; The Elephant; Naval enterprise and novel solutions; Mars; A social context; Principal agents; Innovation; Floating Castles: architectural analogies; Dynasty over deity; Guns or barricas?; Plates; Chapter 5: The Mysterious Hulk -- Medieval tradition or modern myth? |
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Proposed hulk characteristicsProto-hulks?; Late medieval hulks; Perception and the medieval artist; Reverse clinker; Hulk planking; Collars; Banana boats and stylistic convention; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Shipwrights, Status and Power; Precedents; Cod's head and Mackerel's tail; Sea Venture; Historical context; Discovery; Site formation; Preservation and distribution; Identification; Hull Structure; Comparative material; Sparrowhawk (1626); Warwick (1619); Alderney; The Gresham ship; Principles of construction sequence; Reconstructing Sea Venture; The secret art; Hull lines. |
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Performance analysis: provisional resultsShipwrights and status; Ships of war and trade: divergence and convergence; Chapter 7: A New Technology; Background; SL 4; Hull structure; Keel, posts and deadwood; Framing; Planking; Internal timbers; Keel fastenings; Main mast and mast-step; The ship and its materials; A reconstruction; SL 4 building sequence; Keel; Stem, stern posts and transoms:; Deadwood; Frames; Harpins and ribbands; Staging; Keelson; Cant frames; Planking; Making good; Beams; Stanchions; Breasthooks and crutches; Ceiling; Treenails; Tightening; Repairs and miscellaneous features. |
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| ISBN |
9781782970477 (electronic bk.) |
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1782970479 (electronic bk.) |
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9781842172971 (electronic bk.) |
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1842172972 (electronic bk.) |
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9781782970453 (electronic bk.) |
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1782970452 (electronic bk.) |
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