entity · site_bi_ferriby_boats
Ferriby sewn-plank boats
Early sewn-plank boats from the Humber estuary.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
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2030 BCE–1680 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Morgawr: an experimental Bronze Age-type sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats — Robert Van de Noort, Brian Cumby, Lucy Blue, Anthony Harding, Linda Hurcombe, Tom Monrad Hansen, Andrew Wetherelt, Jenny Wittamore, Andy Wyke (2014)Reports construction and trial of a full-scale sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats and summarizes their dates and construction.
Locator: Abstract; Sewn-plank boats and Bronze Age Cornwall; conclusion
Research description
Ferriby 1–3 chiefly predate the 1600–800 BCE interval but are important antecedents for later British sewn-plank technology. Ferriby 4 is later and its boat identification has been questioned.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Contextual record outside primary interval
The record lies partly or chiefly outside 1600–800 BCE but clarifies an antecedent or consequence.
Why does this record have this property?
The record extends materially outside 1600–800 BCE and is included only to clarify an antecedent or consequence.
- Morgawr: an experimental Bronze Age-type sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats
supports assignment · Abstract; Sewn-plank boats and Bronze Age Cornwall; conclusion
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Morgawr: an experimental Bronze Age-type sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats — Robert Van de Noort, Brian Cumby, Lucy Blue, Anthony Harding, Linda Hurcombe, Tom Monrad Hansen, Andrew Wetherelt, Jenny Wittamore, Andy Wyke (2014)Reports construction and trial of a full-scale sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats and summarizes their dates and construction.
Locator: Abstract; Sewn-plank boats and Bronze Age Cornwall; conclusion
Referenced records
- Northern England archaeological search region · entity
- North Sea interaction zone · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_ferriby_boats · geography assertion