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Some Principles for the Reconstruction of Ancient Boat Structures
Ole Crumlin-Pedersen 1 Seán McGrail 2
  1 The Viking Ship Museum, Vindeboder 12, DK 4000 Roskilde, Denmark ,   2 Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Copyright © 2006 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2006 The Nautical Archaeology Society.
KEYWORDS
Prehistoric and medieval boats • documentation • site-formation processes • reconstruction • propulsion

Summary

AbstractGeneral methodological considerationsDeformation and its effects on the hull shapeThe impact of modern naval-architectural standardsIntroducing alien elements to complete the hullReferences

Several archaeological finds of ancient boats in Britain are currently being reconstructed using a variety of methods and standards. This paper discusses some of the general principles that should be observed so that such endeavours will be scholarly valuable. The Dover boat case study (later in this issue) is based on the analysis presented here.

© 2006 The Authors


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10.1111/j.1095-9270.2006.00085.x About DOI

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