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Hjortspring - A Pre-Roman Iron Age Warship in Context (Hardcover)
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Hjortspring - A Pre-Roman Iron Age Warship in Context (Hardcover)
Series: Ships & Boats of the North, 5
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The Hjortsping boat, fully excavated in the 1920s, is arguably the
most important archaeological find from early Iron Age Scandinavia.
This volume forms the first English-language analysis of the find
and its context, beginning with the background to the discovery and
excavation of the warship and its new display at the centre of a
special exhibition at the National Museum in Copenhagen.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, many in colour, and
drawings of each part of the warship and its associated finds, this
is an extremely well-presented study. Specialist contributions
examine the warship's construction and components, its geometrical
proportions and hydrodynamics, evidence for paddles and its date.
Sections also discuss the reconstruction of the ship, and its
sailing trials, associated weapons and everyday objects. Emphasis
is placed throughout on its context, with sections examining the
identity of the shipbuilders, the military organisation of northern
Europe in the 4th century BC, ship iconography during the Bronze
and early Iron Ages and other examples of ships found across
Europe. The enclosed CD-Rom contains images from the sea trials of
the reconstruction and scenes from the original excavations.
Includes a Danish summary.
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