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PeterH
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Re: rollocks!
Nov 21, 2005, 09:35
I would concede that the Scandinavian rock art could show plank built boats of the Bronze Age, but they all have that underwater forward protruding prow which would sit uncomfortably with a keel. As this thread originated with Neolithic boats, I feel safer in identifying pre-bronze Age craft with skin stretched frames and log boats. Log boats would have been fine for lakes and rivers, but not so effective at sea as skin boats (curragh type). Being long, low and narrow, they would have coped badly with heavy seas and would not have been much use in moving livestock around. On the contrary, skin boats can be of any size and can be deep bellied for cargo and fishing as well as slim and fast for war.
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