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001 2011381492
003 DLC
005 20111027163001.0
008 111006s2010 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011381492
020 $a9781902937526 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aD95$b.G55 2010
245 04 $aThe global origins and development of seafaring /$cedited by Atholl Anderson, James H. Barrett & Katherine V. Boyle.
260 $aCambridge, UK :$bMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge ;$aOakville, CT :$bDistributed by Oxbow Books,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 330 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c29 cm.
490 0 $aMcDonald Institute monographs,$x1363-1349
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $apt. 1. Introduction --- The origins and development of seafaring : towards a global approach / Atholl Anderson -- pt. 2. Inferences of early seafaring -- Neptune's children : the evolution of human seafaring / Jon McVey Erlandson -- Earliest coastal settlement, marine palaeoeconomies and human dispersal : the Africa-Arabia connection / Geoff Bailey -- Pleistocene migration and colonization in the Indo-Pacific region / Sue O'Connor -- Pleistocene Sahul and the origins of seafaring / James F. O'Connell, Jim Allen, Kristen Hawkes -- Seafaring intensity and island-mainland interaction along the Pacific Coast of North America / Ben Fitzhugh, Dougles J. Kennett -- The first Argonauts : towards the study of the earliest seafaring in the Mediterranean / Albert J. Ammerman -- pt. 3. The development of boats and seafaring -- The global origins of seagoing water transport / Seán McGrail -- Aspects of the origin of Atlantic and Baltic seafaring / Ole Crumlin-Pedersen --
505 0 $apt. 4. Holocene circumstances and incentives of seafaring -- Pacific voyaging and settlement : issues of biogeography and archaeology, canoe performance and computer simulation / Geoffrey Irwin -- Prehistoric Pacific population movements / Robin G. Allaby [et.al.] -- Seafaring and the development of cultural complexity in Northeast Asia : evidence from the Japanese archipelago / Junko Habu -- Demographic imperatives for island colonists / William F. Keegan -- Island colonization and trade in the Mediterranean / R. Helen Farr -- The social and environmental context of Neolithic seafaring in the Persian Gulf / Robert A. Carter -- A question of life and death? Seafaring and abandonment in the Mediterranean and Pacific Islands / Helen Dawson -- Conceptual modelling of seafaring, climate and early European exploration and settlement of the North Atlantic islands / Andrew J. Dugmore [et.al.] -- pt. 5. Sailing and society -- The sea and the land : maritime connections in the chiefly landscape of Tonga / Geoffrey Clark -- Evidence for the Austronesian voyages in the Indian Ocean / Roger Blench -- "Ships a-sail from over the rim of the sea" : voyaging, sailing and the making of Mediterranean societies. c. 3500-800 BC / Cyprian Broodbank -- Seafaring on the Atlantic seaboard / Barry Cunliffe -- "Horses are strong at sea" : the liminal aspect of the maritime cultural landscape / Christer Westerdahl -- Rounding up the usual suspects : causation and the Viking Age diaspora / James H. Barrett -- pt. 6. Conclusion -- Histories of global seafaring : a discussion / James H. Barrett, Atholl Anderson.
650 0 $aNaval history, Ancient.
650 0 $aSeafaring life$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSailing$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aShips, Ancient.
650 0 $aShipbuilding$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aNavigation$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xMigrations$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aHuman settlements$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aColonization$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aCommerce$xHistory$yTo 500.
700 1 $aAnderson, Atholl.
700 1 $aBarrett, James H.$q(James Harold)
700 1 $aBoyle, Katherine V.