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Boats, Ships and Shipyards: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Venice 2000

edited by Carlo Beltrame

From sewn planked boats in Early Dynastic Egypt to Late Roman wrecks in Italy, and the design of Venetian Merchant Galleys, this huge volume gathers together fifty-three papers presenting new research on the archaeology and history of ancient ships and shipbuilding traditions. The papers have been grouped into several thematic sections, including: ships of the Mediterranean; the reconstruction of ancient ships, from life-size reconstructions to computer models; the study of shipyards, shipsheds and slipways of the Mediterranean and Europe; Venetian Galleys of the 15th and 16th centuries; and North European medieval and post -medieval ships. These papers which were presented at the 9th Ninth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA), held in Venice 2000. 376p, 323 b/w figs, 22 tbs (Oxbow Books 2003)

Review Quotes

"The book is well produced and clearly illustrated and is an essential item for any maritime library."

Gillian Hutchinson
Journal for Maritime Research (March 2004)

"This volume takes its place in a valuable series that constitutes a unique resource and which to a great extent tracks the development of modern nautical research in a similar way as Hocker's opening survey."

Jonathan Adams
International Journal of Maritime History vol. XVII, no. 1 (June 2005)

"an impressive overview"

W B Waldus
PalArch (2005)

"this book will be essential reading for those in the field."

R James Ringer
Northern Mariner (2004)

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