Living with the past: the historic environment

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Living with the past: the historic environment DAVID BAKER
Watching the seaside. Essays on maritime anthropology A. H. J. PRINS
Yorktown's captive fleet JOHN O. SANDS
Merchant Sailing ships 1815–1850-Supremacy of sail, DAVID R. MAcGREGOR
A history of naval architecture JOHN FINCHAM     

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Book reviewed in this article:
First aid for marine finds. WENDY S. ROBINSON
Merchant sailing ships, 1775-1815. DAVID R. MACGREGOR
The dhow, an illustrated history of the dhow and its world. CLIFFORD W. HAWKINS
Dhows. DAVID HOWARTH
The Northseamen. JOHN LEATHER
Coals from Newcastle. ROGER FINCH
The ship in the medieval economy, 600— 1600. RICHARD W. UNGER
The history of Dover harbour. ALEC HASENSON
West Coast shipping. M. K. STAMMERS
Wangka: Austronesian canoe origins. EDWIN DORAN
Rafts, boats and ships—from prehistoric times to the medieval era. SEAN McGRAIL     

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European naval and maritime history, 300–1500 ARCHIBALD R. LEWIS AND TIMOTHY J. RUNYAN
Amphorae and the Roman economy: an introductory guide D. P. S. PEACOCK AND D. F. WILLIAMS
La production des amphores en Gaule Narbonnaire FANETTE LAUBENHEIMER
Dictionary of ship types ALFRED DUDZUS AND ERNEST HENRIOT; KEITH THOMAS, translator
The grain races—the Baltic background BASIL GREENHILL AND JOHN HACKMAN
The Sea Peoples N. K. SANDARS Revised paperback edition
The golden wreck—the tragedy of the Royal harter ALEXANDER McKEE
The Tobermory Treasure ALISON McLEAY
The China Bird: Killick Martin & Co DAVID M ac GREGOR
The Ports of Roman Baetica: a study of provincial harbours and their functions from an historical and archaeology perspective SHERILL LYNN SPAAR     

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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650–1859, DAVID J. HEPPER
'De Zeehond', een Groninger Tjalk Gebouwd in 1878, Vergaan in 1886 (in Dutch with an English summary) R. OOSTING and K. VLIERMAN
Archeologia Subacquea, Studi, Ricerche e Documenti, 1 PIER0 GIANFROTTA and PAOLA PELAGATTI (Eds)
I Vikingernes Kelvand (in Danish) SOREN VADSTRUP
Medieval Boat and Ship Timbers from Dublin, SEAN MCGRAIL
Tall Ships, Two Rivers, A. OSLER and A. BARROW
The Wreck Diver's Guide to Sailing Ship Artifacts of the 19th Century, DAVID LEIGH STONE
Sail's Last Century-The Merchant Sailing Ship 1830–1930 (no 8 in Conway's 'History of the BASIL GREENHILL Ship' series)
The History of the French Frigate 1650–1850 JEAN BOUDRIOT, trans. DAVID H. ROBERTS
The first Frigates: Nine-Pounder and Twelve-Pounder Frigates 1748–1815 ROBERT GARDINER
Mersey Flats and Flatmen MICHAEL STAMMERS
Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly, RICHARD LARN     

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Versunkene Welten. Schiffe und Stadte auf dem Meeresgrund. Die Archaologie unter Wasser. GABRIELLE HOFFMAN
Mare nostrum. MICHEL REDDE
The Roman Quay at St Magnus House, London: Excavations at New Fresh Wharf, Lower Thames Street, London 1974–78. LOUISE MILLER, JOHN SCHOFIELD and. MICHAEL RHODES; edited byTONY DYSON
Roman London. JENNY HALL and RALPH MERRIFIELD
Discoveries. Compiled by HUGH CHAPMAN
Old docks (Shire Album 199). NANCY RITCHIE-NOAKES
Liverpool's historic waterfront. NANCY RITCHIE-NOAKES
Historic architecture of the Royal Navy. JONATHON COAD
The medieval Utrecht boat (BAR S383). ROBERTVLEK
Nautica Talmudica. DANIEL SPERBER
Willem de Vlamingh's explorations of Australia, 1696–1697. W. C. H. ROBERT
Australia unveiled. The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. G. G. SCHILDER
De Ontdekkingsreis van Willem Hesselsz. de Vlamingh in de Jaren 1696–169. G.G.SCHILDER
The voyage to the Great South Land, Willem de Vlamingh 1696–1697. G. G. SHILDER
The Royal Navy's first Invincible 1744-1758 The ship, the wreck and the recovery. BRIAN LAVERY
Historic ships. M. K. STAMMERS
Stratégies maritimes et économie. PAUL ADAM
The construction and fitting of the sailing man of war 1650–1850. PETER GOODWIN
The arming and fitting of English ships of war 1600–1815. BRIAN LAVERY
The 100-gun ship Victory . JOHN McKAY
King Herod's dream, Caesarea on the Sea. ROBERT J. BULL, AVNER RABAN, KENNETH G. HOLUM and. ROBERT L. HOHLFLENDER
Iron ships and steam shipwrecks (papers from the first Australian seminar on the management of iron vessels and shipwrecks). M. McCARTHY (ed.)
From merciless invaders—the defeat of the Spanish Armada (revised edition). A. McKEE
The campaign of the Spanish Armada. PETER KEMP     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Boats of the World—from the Stone Age to Medieval Times, SEAN M c GRAIL
War, Technology and Experience aboard the USS Monitor , DAVID A. MINDELL, JOHN BROADWATER
The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies, and Trade ( 2nd edition ), MARIA EUGENIA AUBET, LIONEL CASSON
England's Sea Fisheries: The Commercial Sea Fisheries of England and Wales since 1300, D. J. STARKEY, C. REID and, N. ASHCROFT (Eds), ADRIAN G. OSLER
The Bombay Country Ships 1790–1833, ANNE BULLEY, SEÁN M c GRAIL
The Art of Dhow-building in Kuwait, YA'QUB YUSUF AL-HIJJI, DAVID GODDARD
The Vikings in Ireland, ANNE-CHRISTINE LARSEN (Ed.), JAMES GRAHAM-CAMPBELL
The Lost City of Dvaraka, S. R. RAO, KENNETH M c PHERSON
Debating the Archaeological Heritage, ROBIN SKEATES, DELLA SCOTT-IRETON
The Lowland Wetlands of Cumbria ( NWW Survey no 6 ), D. HODGKINSON, E. HUCKERBY, R. MIDDLETON and, C. E. WELLS, R. W. COWELL
Medieval Naval Warfare 1000–1500, SUSAN ROSE, ERIC RIETH
The Wreck of the Belle —the Ruin of La Salle, ROBERT S. WEDDLE
Hin føroyski rórarbáturin: Sjómentir Fsroyingar I edri ti ( ASSF supplement XVVI ), ANDRAS MORTENSEN, MORTEN GØTHCHE
Maritime Tel Michal and Apollonia. Results of the 1989–1996 underwater survey ( BAR International Series 915 ), EVA GROSSMANN, CHERYL WARD
Warships of the Great Lakes, 1754–1834, ROBERT MALCOLMSON
Lords of the Lake—The Naval War on Lake Ontario, 1812–1814, ROBERT MALCOLMSON, ANDREW LAMBERT
Down the River to the Sea ( Eighth International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology, Gdansk 1997 ), JERZY LITWIN (Ed.), JEREMY GREEN     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The current state of archaeology in Britain A review article
The Elizabethan navy and the Armada of Spain. D. W. WATERS and G. P. B. NAISH
Boats of the longshoremen. JOHN GLASSPOOL
Lifeboats of the world. E. W. MIDDLETON
Victorian and Edwardian ships and harbours from old photographs. BASIL GREENHILL and ANN GIFFORD
Welsh sail, a pictorial history. SUSAN CAMPBELL-JONES
Return of the Great Britain . RICHARD GOOLD-ADAMS
The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History. Edited by F. BROEZE
Sailing ships. BJÖRN LANDSTRÖM     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Méthodes classiques et méthodes for-melles dans l'étude des amphores. PAUL ARTHUR
Boats, rafts, ships. WOLFGANG RUDOLPH. Trans. from the German by T. L. FEININGER
The Armada in Ireland. NIALL FALLON
Tools of the maritime trades. JOHN E. HORSLEY
Shipping: a survey of historical records. P. MATHIAS and A. W. H. PEARSALL
Marine transport: a guide to libraries and sources of information. D. N. ALLUM, R. V. BOLTON and D. S. BUCHANAN
Data Book: THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHERS (BSUP)     

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Ingrid and other studies P. G. W. ANNSIS(Ed)
Sea studies: Essays in honour of Basil Greenhill, C.B., C.M.G., on the occasion of his retirement
Underwater archaeology 1. Archeologia IX. Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici JERZY, OLCZAK and GERARD WILKE (Eds)
Compagnie des Indes 1720–1770:Vol. 1—Vaisseaux, hommes, voyages, commerces; vol. 2—Boullongne, vaisseau 600 tx. 1759–1761 JEAN BOUDRIOT
The twilight of Welsh sail ALED EAMES     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The voyaging stars. DAVID LEWIS
Experimental archaeology. JOHN COLES
The boat beneath the pyramid. NANCY JENKINS
The shipwright's trade. SIR WESTCOTT ABELL
Divers and diving. REG VALLINTINE
Holocene eustatic changes and coastal tectonics in the northeast Mediterranean: implications for models of crustal consumption. N. C. FLEMMING
Les bateaux des côtes de la Bretagne nord aux derniers jours de la voile. JEAN LE BOT
Figureheads: carvings on ships from ancient times to the twentieth century. GIANCARLO COSTA
Galionsfiguren: die figürlichen Bugver-zierungen der Schiffe. HANS JÜRGEN HANSEN
Conservation of waterlogged wood International Symposium on the conservation of large objects of waterlogged wood. LOUS H. DE VRIES-ZUIDERBAAN.
Tomol: Chumash watercraft as described in the ethnographic notes of John P. Harrington. T. HUDSON, J. TIMBROOK and M. REMPE (Eds)     

Reviews

The cog of Bremen, SIEGFRIED FLIEDNER & ROSEMARIE POHL-WEBER
Archaeological research in the Zuider Zee G. D. VAN DER HEIDE
King Henry VIII's Mary Rose, ALEXANDER MCKEE
Francis Drake, Privateer, Contemporary Narratives and Documents
Cornish shipwrecks. Vol. 1: The south coast RKHARD LARN & CLIVE CARTER
Cornish shipwrecks. Vol. 2: The north coast, CLIVE CARTER
Cornish shipwrecks. Vol. 3: The Isles of Scilly, RICHARD LARN
Shipwrecks of North Wales, IVOR WYNNE-JONES
Australian shipwrecks, Vol. 1 : 1622-1850 CHARLES BATESON
The wreck of the Elizabeth, GRAEME HENDERSON
East coast sail: working sail 1850-1970, ROBERT SIMPER
South eastern sail: from the Medway to the Solent 1840-1940, MICHAEL BOUQIJET
Clinker boatbuilding, JOHN LEATHER
Sloops and brigs, JAMES HENDERSON
American figureheads and their carvers, PAULINE A. PINCKNEY
A history of the whale fisheries, J. T. JENKINS
II livello antico del Mar Tirreno, G. SCHMIEDT
Man across the sea, Problems of pre-Columbian contacts
Diving Science International. Proceedings of the Third Symposium of the Scientific Committee of CMAS, 8-9 October, 1973 N. C . FLEMMINC (Ed.)
First aid for finds: A practical guide for archaeologists DAVID LEIGH rt af.
Underwater archaeology : A nascent discipline, Museum and Monuments 13     

Sailing and Sailing Rigs in the Ancient Mediterranean: implications of continuity,variation and change in propulsion technology

Ships and boats form the foundations of the maritime connectivity that is a central part of our understanding of the ancient Mediterranean. While the general chronological sequence of sail and sailing‐rig development is well established, the implications are less‐well discussed. This article sets out how sails and sailing rigs developed in antiquity, with emphasis on the Greco‐Roman world. Subsequently, instances of innovation are defined. Why specific pieces of maritime technology were, or were not, widely adopted is considered. Long‐term technological continuity can be comprehended, and a shared maritime culture of sailing in the ancient Mediterranean is suggested.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Sewn plank boats: archaeological and ethnographic papers (based on those presented at a conference at Greenwich in November 1984; Bar International Series 276) S. McGRAIL and E. KENTLEY (Eds)
Tarquin's ship ALEXANDER McKEE
The search for the oldest shipwrecks in the world DAVID THORNTON
The shorter science and civilisation in China, vol. 3, nautics (abridgement of Joseph Needham's original) COLIN RONAN
Les hommes et la mer dans I'Europe du nord-ouest de I'antiquitéà nos jours A. LOTTIN, J.-C. HOCQUE and STEPHANIE LEBECQ (Eds)
Early American ships JOHN FITZHUGH MILLER
Marine archaeology and the diver ANDY LOCKERY
The discovery of the Titanic ROBERT D. BALLARD and RICK ARCHBOLD     

Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: The Land Transformed, 1800–1891. Vol 2 of The Historical Atlas of Canada, edited R. LOUIS GENTILCORE (GEOFFREY J. MATTHEWS, Cartographer) A Scholar's Guide to Geographical Writing on the American and Canadian Past, edited by MICHAEL P. CONZEN, THOMAS A. RUNMEY, and GRAEME WYNN. Continental America, 1800–1867. Vol. 2 of The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, by DONALD W. MEINIG. Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on European Coastal Lowlands, edited by MICHAEL J. TOOLEY and SASKIA JELGERSMA. The Geography of Death: Mortality Atlas of British Columbia, 1985–1989, Edited by LESLIE T. FOSTER and MICHAEL C.R. EDGELL. Teaching Geography in Higher Education: A Manual of Good Practice, JOHN R. GOLD, ALAN JENKINS, ROGER LEE, JANICE MONK, JUDITH RILEY, IFAN SHEPHERD, and DAVID UNWIN. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning, by JOHN SEWELL, with a foreword by Jane Jacobs. Géographie et ethnographie en Grèce ancienne, par CHRISTIAN JACOB, Armand Colin, Paris L'Empire des Cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers l'histoire par CHRISTIAN JACOB, Albin Michel Trouble in the Woods: Forest Policy and Social Conflict in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, by L. ANDERS SANDBERG. The First Immigrants from Asia: A Population History of the North American Indians, by A.J. JAFFE.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Review article: The Spanish shipwrecks of 1554: The Nautical Archaeology of Padre Island (Studies in Archaeology). J. BARTO ARNOLD III and ROBERT S. WEDDLE
Ships and Sea Power Before the Great Persian War, The Ancestry of The Ancient Trireme. H. T. WALLINGA
The Trireme Project. Operational Experience 1987–90, Lessons Learnt. TIMOTHY SHAW (Ed.)
Die Kogge von Bremen, Band I, bauteile und baublauf. WERNER LAHN
A Cog-like Vessel from the Netherlands. ALEYOIS VAN DE MOORTEL
Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman Provinces (BAR International Series 580). A. J. PARKER
Visione del Drachio. BALDISSERA QUINTO DRACHIO. PIETER VAN DER MERWE
Bronze Age, Greek & Roman Technology—Selected Annotated Bibliography. JOHN PETER OLESON
Practices of Archaeological Stratigraphy. EDWARD C. HARRIS, MARLEY R. BROWN III and GREGORY J. BROWN (Eds)
Det nordiska skeppet. Teknik och samhällstrategi i vikingatid och medeltid. bjÖrnvarenius
The Shipbuilder's Repository, 1788. DAVID H. ROBERTS (Ed.)
Predicaments, Pragmatics, and Professionalism: Ethical Conduct in Archaeology (Special Publication No. 1). J. NED WOODALL (Ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900: by ALFRED w. CROSBY
North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent: edited by ROBERT D. MITCHELL and PAUL A. GROVES
Defi au développement régional: territorialité et changement social au Nicaragua sandiniste: par JUAN-LUIS KLEIN
Ethnomedical Systems in Africa: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya: by CHARLES M. GOOD
The Geography of Urban Transportation edited by SUSAN HANSON.
High Tech America edited by ANN MARKUSEN, PETER HALL, and AMY CLASMEIER, Allen and Unwin.
Steel City: Hamilton and Region edited by MICHAEL J. DEAR, JOHN J. DRAKE, and LLOYD G. REEDS.
Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays edited by DAVID WOODWARD.
The Savannas: Biogeography and Geobotany by MONICA M. COLE.     

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Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: Volume 1 — Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset (Edition limited to 1000 of 10-volume series) RICHARD & BRIDGET LARN
Old Ironsides—The Rise, Decline & Resurrection of the USS Constitution THOMAS C. GILLMER; illustrations WILLIAM GILKERSON
The Sailing Navy List: all the Ships of the Royal Navy Built, Purchased and Captured, 1688–1860 DAVID LYON
Captain Cook's Endeavour (Conway's Anatomy of the Ship series) KARL HEINZ MARQUARDT
Navies and Nations: Warships, Navies and State Building in Europe and America, 1500–1860 JAN GLETE
Östersjöns Sjunkna Skepp. En Marinarkeologisk Tidsresa JOHAN RÖNNBY and JONATHAN ADAMS
Building Plank-on-Frame Ship Models RON MCCARTHY
The Foundry: Excavations on Poole Waterfront 1986/7 DAVID R. WATKINS
Versunken in der Ostsee—Schiffe und Schätze auf dem Meeresgrund GÜNTER LANITZKI     

REVIEWS / COMPTES RENDUS

Mathematical Programming Methods for Geographers and Planners by JAMES E. KILLEN, Croom Helm
Northern Ecology and Resource Management: Memorial Essays Honouring Don Gill edited by ROD OLSON, ROSS HASTINGS, and FRANK GEDDES
Urbanization in China: Town and Country in a Developing Economy 1949–2000 A.D . by R.J.R. KIRBY
Silicon Landscapes edited by PETER HALL and ANN MARKUSEN, Allen and Un-win
Plains Country Towns by JOHN C. HUDSON     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
El Naufragio de Valgius. FEDERICO FOERSTER and RICARDO PASCUAL
Les bois gorgés d'eau—étude et conservation. R. RAMIÈRE and M. COLARDELLE
Seamanship in the age of sail. JOHN HARLAND
A treatise on practical seamanship. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
The lashed-lug boat of the eastern archipelagoes. Maritime Monograph 54. G. ADRIAN HORRIDGE