Van de Noort, R. (2003). An ancient seascape:. Seascapes. Vol 35(3), pp. 404-415.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
An ancient seascape: | |||||||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
the social context of seafaring in the Early Bronze Age | |||||||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Seascapes | |||||||||
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World Archaeology | |||||||||
Volume Volume number and part |
35 (3) | |||||||||
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404 - 415 | |||||||||
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The paper approaches seascapes as the synergy of maritime and landscape archaeology, and offers a new perspective on the social context of seafaring in the early Bronze Age. The landscape contexts of two sewn-plank boat sites, at North Ferriby and Kilnsea (both in East Yorkshire) are investigated. The North Ferriby foreshore can be interpreted as a prehistoric boatyard, also suited as a landing place for ferrying across the Humber estuary. Its landscape context boatyard includes archaeological evidence for farming on the foreshore and beyond and a nearby settlement, but no evidence of monuments, ritual deposition of artefacts or other ritualized activities. The Kilnsea site would have been suited as a landing place for craft crossing the North Sea. Its landscape context includes several monuments, including two Bronze Age barrows, a possible mini-henge or hengiform and the remains of a Neolithic house. The landscape context of the North Ferriby boats indicate that the sewn-plank boats, their use in daily life and boat building and repair were not associated with ritualized activities; rather, these actions belonged to the rhythm of daily life. The use of these boats in seafaring, as inferred from the landscape context of the Kilnsea boat, however, implies close association with ancestors and ancestral rites and that the use of the craft in exchange with Continental Europe was a ritualized activity. The close association with ancestors refers to seafaring as a rite of passage, and to the sea as a liminal space | |||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2003 | |||||||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
14 Oct 2005 |
