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The Gislinge Boat Open Source Project: An Old Boat and a New Idea

When building reconstructions of archaeological boat finds, an enormous amount of work must be undertaken before the boat builders can begin to swing an axe. The excavated remains must be recorded in detail and a scaled-down 3D reconstruction model of the find is produced in cardboard. Vessels rarely survive in their entirety, and the Gislinge Boat was no exception to this rule.