H 290 x W 205 mm
138 pages
82 Figures, 10 tables (48 colour pages)
Published Apr 2019
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789691443
Digital: 9781789691450
Keywords
Iron Age; nautical; maritime; archaeology; Dorset; prehistoric watercraft; conservation; woodworking; boatbuilding; ship science
Edited by Jessica Berry, David Parham, Catrina Appleby
Paperback
£30.00
Includes PDF
PDF eBook
(personal use)
£16.00
PDF eBook
(institutional use)
£30.00
This book is the culmination of significant multi-disciplinary work carried out by a variety of specialists, from conservators to woodworking and boatbuilding experts, exploring the history of the Poole Iron Age logboat (today imposingly displayed in the entrance to Poole Museum in Dorset) and also its functionality – or lack of – as a vessel.
List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword – Professor Seán McGrail; Chapter 1: Introduction - Keith Jarvis†; Chapter 2: Environmental and archaeological background to prehistoric Poole Harbour – Eileen Wilkes; Chapter 3: Evidence for the building of the Poole logboat – Damian Goodburn; Chapter 4: The Poole logboat: digital comparisons – Pat Tanner; Chapter 5: The conservation of the Poole logboat – Jeremy Hutchings and James A. Spriggs; Chapter 6: The display and interpretation of the Poole logboat – Katie Morton and David Watkins; Bibliography; Index