The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia (Hardcover)

THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTHERN EURASIA is a history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia. The history of northern peoples and cultures is inextricably linked to the technology of water transport. This is particularly true in northern Eurasia, where lakes and rivers can connect when overland summer travel is restricted by thick forests or bogs. For thousands of years, native peoples used a variety of bark and skin boats for fishing, hunting, trading, making war and migrating. The Eurasian peoples, responding to their geography, climate and environment, learned to construct - and perfect - small watercraft made from dug-out logs or the bark of birch, aspen, larch and other trees, each variety crafted for its special use and environment. The text describes the design, construction and uses of skin and bark boats for thirty-five traditional cultures ranging from northern Scandinavia to the Russian Far East, from the Bering Strait to northern China and from South Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. Regional chapters use evidence from archaeology, historical illustrations and maps and extensive documentation from ethnography and historical literature to reveal how differences in cultural traditions, historical relationships, climate and geography have influenced the development and spread of watercraft before the introduction of modern planked boats. This definitive volume is richly illustrated with historical photographs and drawings, first-person explorer accounts from the 16th-19th centuries and information on traditional bark and skin preparation, wood-bending and other construction techniques. THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTHERN EURASIA presents a first-ever overview of northern Eurasian boating traditions and serves as the companion to Charles Adney's and Howard Chapelle's classic, The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (1964).

General

Imprint:	Smithsonian Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2020
Editors:	Haari Luukkanen • William W Fitzhugh
Dimensions:	279 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-58834-475-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Naive art Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-58834-475-4
Barcode:	9781588344755

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