boat / ship
Roar Ege: The Lifecycle of a Reconstructed Viking Ship
***In 1962, the remains of five late Viking Age ships were excavated from Roskilde Fjord, near Skuldelev on the Danish island of Zealand. Twenty years later, the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde began the process of building its first full-scale Viking ship reconstruction, the 14 m long coastal transport and trading vessel, Skuldelev 3...
The Construction of a Skin-on-Frame Coracle at Kierikki Stone Age Centre
Shifting the Sand: Replicating Black Powder Grenades
The Gislinge Boat Open Source Project: An Old Boat and a New Idea
Ship
A large vessel for travelling over water, usually the sea (see also boat).
Definition source: Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
Boat
A small vessel for travelling over water (see also ship).
Definition source: Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
The Prometheus Project
***The Prometheus Project was an experimental archaeological investigation carried out at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, England, into prehistoric logboat building techniques. The project focused on exploring the use of fire in building logboats...
Book Review: The Boyne Currach: from Beneath the Shadows of Newgrange By Claidhbh Ó Gibne
Claidhbh Ó Gibne has devoted himself to building traditional currachs and researching their history. His new volume, The Boyne Currach: From beneath the shadows of Newgrange, puts the currach in the context of the history of...
Ósvör Sjóminjasafn (IS)
Ósvör is the largest and the oldest fishing base in Ísafjardardjup. Here, just outside of Bolungarvík you will find a (re)construction of an old fishing outpost...
Ósvör is the largest and the oldest fishing base in Ísafjardardjup. Here, just outside of Bolungarvík you will find a (re)construction of an old fishing outpost, a double 19th century fishing base with a salt hut, fish drying area and drying hut.