An interesting discussion developed on the bulletin board, after we posted about the latest findings about Monte Verde, about the history of ships and sailing, so I threw together this tiny little survey of a few old boats.
- H3 at As-Sabiyah (Kuwait), earliest reed boat discovered, ca 5000 BC
- Abydos (Egypt),where 14 mud-brick boat graves were discovered, dated to 3000 BC
- Ulu Burun (Turkey), Late Bronze Age shipwreck, 14th century
ADBC - Iulia Felix (Italy), Roman shipwreck, 3rd century AD
- Sutton Hoo (England), Anglo-Saxon ship burial, 7th century AD
- Oseberg (Norway), Viking ship burial, 9th century AD
Comments
Shouldn’t the Ulu Burun ship be dated back to the 14th century BC? Anyway, this is a fascinating topic to me (and that find in particular).
Oh, doh! Of course it should… Thanks!
Kris
The earliest dugout boat,that has been found in Europe comes,from Pesse in the Netherlands near the ancient estuary of eastern Doggerland.[A Moffit,2005,"Before Scotland"].A wood dugout canoe in Galicia,Spain,dated to ca10Ka.[M Balter,2007]
Heather Pringle has an online article about Jon Erlandson’s research in Discovery Magazine about human colonization by boats:
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/20-did-humans-colonize-the-world-by-boat/article_view
Vincent sends along this boat, the Marsala Punic Warship:
http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis/Ships/Ship056/NaveMarsalaEnglish.htm
Ofcourse let’s not forget the Ferriby boats, the oldest seaworthy ships in the world.http://www.ferribyboats.co.uk/
Cool! I never heard of the Ferriby boats before. Very interesting…
Ferriby Bronze Age boats