Waterlogged wood and logboats
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In the past year, excavations by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit at the Must Farm Quarry, Peterborough, have revealed eight log boats lying within the silts of a Late Bronze Age palaeochannel on the edge of the Flag Fen Basin. These... more
I 1930 fant to karer en stokkebåt i myrkanten ved et lite vann som heter Lauv i Siljan i Telemark. I nord- og sørenden av vannet snor det seg en smal elv. Vannet ligger midt i et lite vassdrag som forbinder fjellområder og småvann mot... more
The dugout canoes discovered in the neolithic site of La Marmotta (in the waters of Lake Bracciano) are among the oldest in Europe. This article discusses the second dugout – named La Marmotta 2 – recovered in 1998. After analysis of the... more
"Original: POTOPLJENA PRETEKLOST, Arheologija vodnih okolij in raziskovanje podvodne kulturne dediščine v Sloveniji . Zbornik ob 128-letnici Dežmanovih raziskav Ljubljanice na Vrhniki (1884–2012) Urednika / Editors: Andrej Gaspari,... more
The Autor describes many ceramic boat models which were discovered in the Early Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, built on the shores of Lake Bracciano (not far from the Tyrrhenian sea). A typology about these findings has been... more
Every state or region on the eastern seaboard of North America has attempted to develop a typology for both pre-and post-contact archaeologically documented logboats. In many ways these typologies have not helped scholars understand the... more
Curci in her dissertation from East Carolina University continued the tradition of trying to create a typology of logboats based upon hull form. While in her work looking at pre-and post-contact logboats in North Carolina, she admitted... more
German - English - French ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Die Untersuchung der Holzartefakte von 13 Fundplätzen des Endmesolithikums und Frühneolithikums demonstriert die intensive Nutzung der marinen Ressourcen an der südwestlichen Ostseeküste. Der... more
In a brief summary the Author describes the preliminary results of its investigations in the neolithic Settlement submerged in the Lake Bracciano (Lazio, Italy). The Author describes the cultural facies, the economic basis, the... more
The prominent hill Vladar has been recognized for centuries for its extensive, multivallate fortifications, which were recorded in old chronicles (16th C.) as well as in the first military maps of Bohemia (18th C.). Despite this early... more
Ignorance is undeniably ever present in the act of knowledge generation and the published continuity of academic traditions. Ignorance and fact are woven together in cultural historical narratives to provide readers with societal "... more
I Norge har kystens farkoster spilt viktige roller langs de lange linjene i landets historie. Samtidig vet vi at både stokkebåter og andre småbåter har vært en viktig del av folks materielle kultur i vann og vassdrag så langt tilbake som... more
Sometimes the ambition of researchers remains empty-handed although all the circumstances suggest that a positive outcome would have happened. This kind of situation took place just a few kilometres away from the 7,500-year-old Hotiza... more
Research project carried out by the Museum of Crema on the collection of thirteen logboats found in the rivers Adda, Oglio and Po.
The water transport was inherent to all Prehistoric societies, not depending on the climate conditions and the mode of life. The archaeological finds of the forest belt of East European Plain and Trans-Urals contain the indirect evidences... more
The Marmotta site (Bracciano lake), Rome) yelds very interesting evidenc about daily life in a neolithic settlement of the sixth millennium b.C. The village was flooded by lake waters after it had been abandoned. Well preserved wooden... more
New data about cultural influences and overseas trade relations are presented from the site “La Marmotta“, on the shores of Lake Bracciano (Central Italy, Tyrrhenian region ). Available evidence show that, for the first time in the... more
Cette monographie présente les résultats enrichis de trois années de recherche menée par l’auteur dans le cadre de sa thèse de doctorat, y compris les résultats jusqu’à ce jour inédits de son projet collaboratif pour la datation d’un site... more
The Autors present some experiences on the restoration of organic remains (wood, bones, horns, seeds, cloth etc.) found in the submerged archaeological site of "La Marmotta" (Anguillara Sabazia, Rome, Italy). All remains, immersed in... more
Sometimes the ambition of researchers remains empty-handed although all the circumstances suggest that a positive outcome would have happened. This kind of situation took place just a few kilometres away from the 7,500-year-old Hotiza... more
Abstract – Logboats are present on many continents. Despite being made of a tree-trunk, they cannot be simplified to only one building tradition. In Italy, the main studies usually list the findings, but we lack knowledge about the timber... more
"Original: POTOPLJENA PRETEKLOST, Arheologija vodnih okolij in raziskovanje podvodne kulturne dediščine v Sloveniji . Zbornik ob 128-letnici Dežmanovih raziskav Ljubljanice na Vrhniki (1884–2012) Urednika / Editors: Andrej Gaspari,... more
The Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) has a long tradition in conserving works of art. It has preserved many archaeological objects, but relatively few waterlogged wooden objects, in the last three... more
A detailed technical report on the archaeological investigations carried out within the waterlogged deposits of the Flag Fen landscape in Cambridgeshire, UK, over a ten-year period (1997-2007). Particular emphasis is placed upon four... more
Caudill, J., Grieve, S., and A. Kennedy, 2014, Evaluating the Effect of Linseed Oil Treatments Applied to Waterlogged Archaeological Wood. In: Proceedings of the 11th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, North... more
Sachsen-Anhalt is a federal state with few inland waters. In the past underwater findings were an absolute exception and mostly originated from the Elbe River water-meadows, whereas the lakes of the state were insignificant. This changed... more
The Logboat was first recorded already in 1892.
"Original: POTOPLJENA PRETEKLOST, Arheologija vodnih okolij in raziskovanje podvodne kulturne dediščine v Sloveniji . Zbornik ob 128-letnici Dežmanovih raziskav Ljubljanice na Vrhniki (1884–2012) Urednika / Editors: Andrej Gaspari,... more
Virtual reconstruction VUCEDOL II. of 3500 year old prehistoric logboat located in Vukovar, Croatia. Logboat was reconstructed by original logboats: Stare gmajne II, SI-75, Ljubljansko barje, Slovenija; 3500-3000 BC; dated by... more