Description
Neither site having yielded any ship's remains, all possible mechanisms for deposition are reviewed, including erosion of coastal deposits and ritual deposition at sea. Extensive comparative analysis favours the conclusion that the unparalleled Langdon Bay and Salcombe assemblages represent material spilled or jettisoned from boats in trouble.
For the first time, maritime archaeologists, period specialists, scientists and coastal geomorphologists, bring together research on these two exceptional sites: history of discovery, evaluation of context and character, detailed scientific analyses and a fully illustrated catalogue. Nineteen further marine finds of Bronze Age metalwork are also documented, models for seaborne exchange are reconsidered and cultural attitudes to the terre/mare interface are discussed.
About the Author
Stuart Needham is an independent researcher specialising in Bronze Age archaeology. He was previously Curator of European Bronze Age antiquities at the British Museum. David Parham is a Senior Lecturer in Marine Archaeology at Bournemouth University. He has research interests in the archaeology of seafaring and ship construction of all periods Catherine J Frieman is the Lecturer in European Archaeology at the Australian National University. Her research primarily concerns the transition from Stone Age to Metal Age via the close study of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age lithic artefacts. She has ongoing collaborations in Australia, Japan, Vietnam and Britain where she is currently coordinating the excavation and survey of later prehistoric sites in south-eastern Cornwall.
Book Information
ISBN 9781902771953
Author Stuart P. Needham
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Council for British Archaeology
Publisher Council for British Archaeology