Foreword (Barbara Crawford & Tinna Damgård-Sørensen); Introduction;
I. Studying The Archaeology of Maritime Cultures; The
seafarer’s geographical framework; What defines a maritime
culture?; The potentials of waterlogged sites; Studying maritime
archaeology; The ship; Some aspects of Danish maritime archaeology;
Hydrography and shipping lanes; A national and international
research programme; The Danish situation; Other ship finds; The
Centre for Maritime Archaeology in Roskilde; Publications; Two
examples; Hjortspring, a large Pre-Roman war canoe; The history of
Skuldelev 2, a Dublin-built 11th–century longship; Shipbuilding
resources and craftsmanship; Sea trials and voyages
I I. Boats and Ships Before AD 800; Wood technology and
tools; The ethnographical evidence for basic boatbuilding
concepts and materials; Skin/hide boats; Bark boats; Logboats;
Expanded logboats; Outriggers and composite logboats; Plank boats;
The archaeological evidence; Mesolithic boats; Neolithic and
Bronze-Age logboats; Bronze-Age logboat-based complex vessels; The
Dover boat; The Ferriby boats and the Brigg craft; The concepts of
the Bronze-Age boats; Romano-Celtic vessels; Nordic ship images;
Hjortspring; Expanded boats; Nydam; Roman influence; Sutton Hoo;
Paddles, oars, sail; From Nydam to the Vikings
III. Anglo–Saxon and Scandinavian Longships; The origin of
longship concept; Maritime expertise; The source groups; Four
conceptual approaches; The vessels of Franks and Frisians; The
ships of Britain and Ireland; Ships of Scandinavia and the Baltic
area; Viking longships; The Hedeby I longship; The Skuldelev 5
ship; Roskilde 6, a royal longship at the doorstep of the Viking
Ship Museum; The Puck longship; The ship as a status object; Names
for the ship types; Longships in Central and Southern Europe;
Conclusion; The aftermath of the longship period
IV. The Ships of Viking–Age and Medieval Traders and
Settlers; The world of the Vikings; Sutton Hoo; The
introduction of the sail; Viking expansion, loot or trade?; The
early Viking phase, c. 700–840; Trade and early centres; Ribe,
the first Danish town?; The middle Viking phase, c. 840–950;
The early Christian mission; Vikings in the West; Scandinavian
settlement in Scotland and Ireland Ships and boats in Scotland;
Othere’s voyages; Wulfstan’s voyage; The late Viking phase,
950–1100; State formation and control of the shipping lanes;
The North Atlantic route; Skuldelev 1, a medium-sized Norwegian
knorr; Skuldelev 3, a small Danish byrding; Hedeby 3, a large
Danish knorr; Scandinavian ships of the period 1100–1250;
The Baltic expansion; Large clinker-built cargo ships; Small
vessels; Other high–and late–medieval ship types; The early cogs;
Later cogs; The hulc; British high–and late–medieval ships;
Conclusion
V. The Maritime Cultural Landscpae; The Skuldelev example;
Routes across land and sea; Roskilde Fjord; An ancient
cultural landscape; Skuldelev fieldwork; Reconstruction of the
paleo-landscape; Early warning systems – a hypothetical
reconstruction; Lejre – Roskilde – Copenhagen; The coast as a
contact zone along the Roskilde Fjord
VI. The Ship as Symbol in the Scandinavian Iron Age and Viking
Period; Ship representations in several media; Traditional
interpretations; Criteria for boat graves; ‘Rich’ graves with ships
and boats; ‘Ordinary’ grave boats; The Slusegård cemetery;
Grave 1072; The Slusegaard boat graves in general; Male and female
graves; The interpretation of the boat grave custom; The two
families of gods; Skidbladnir; The confrontation with the
Christian mission; Sutton Hoo; Oseberg; Large stone ships;
Transition to Christianity; The source value of icons; Summary of
the evidence from boat graves and stone ships; The Valhalla myth;
King Scyld and the Beowulf poem; Bibliography; About the
author; Index
Born 1935, civil engineer and Dr. phil. h.c. by the University of Copenhagen, pioneer of Danish maritime archaeology, now retired, residing in Roskilde, but voluntarily working as a senior researcher affiliated to the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde.
This well-illustrated book presents each of the six lectures as a chapter, and in doing so synthesises the development of Viking age and medieval seafaring, the cultural landscape in which it occurred and the use of a ship as a symbol in society. Undoubtedly this is an important publication in the field of maritime archaeology.' -- British Archaeology British Archaeology The text, along with copious high-quality line art and color images, does much to introduce readers to the complex trade patterns so pivotal to the development of northern Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. General and undergraduate readers.' -- Choice Choice ...a well-written introduction to maritime archaeology designed for students, researchers, and anyone interested in prehistoric and medieval ship studies.' -- The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord ...Crumlin-Pedersen provides a sophisticated analysis of the subject matter that is also clear and readable...' -- International Journal of Maritime History International Journal of Maritime History "This is a highly recommended book for the intermediate or advanced ship modelers library...and not a bad coffee table book for the nautically aware family's living room!" -- Ships in Scale Ships in Scale
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