Bronze Age Carpow Logboat Moves to Permanent Home in Perth

We haven't had time for a post lately, so to keep the pump primed, we'll bring this recent news item to your attention, courtesy of ...

Irish Logboat Finds

An article in the current issue of  Current Archaeology  tells of multiple logboat finds in Lough Corrib, County Galway, Ireland. I haven...

A Catamaran with an Outrigger?

A recent BBC story concerning a possibly  marine-related archaeological discovery in Wales  reports some off-the-wall speculation about the ...

Dover Bronze Age Boat Replica Built, Not Floating

[Dear readers: I'm sorry about posting so rarely during the past few months. Life's busy, as I'm sure you understand. Here's...

Morgawr, Ferriby 1 Reconstruction, Launched

After a year in construction, Morgawr , a full-size reconstruction of Ferriby 1 has been launched in Cornwall. Discovered in the 1930s by Te...

Updates on Old and Ancient Canoes

A couple years ago , I noted briefly the discovery of a 230-year-old Canadian birchbark canoe, believed to be the oldest surviving example, ...

Ferriby 1 Replica Under Construction

In my previous post , about a project to reconstruct the Dover Bronze Age Boat, I mistakenly included a time-lapse video showing the coincid...

Bronze Age Boatbuilders Knew Something We Don't

Unique and baffling construction details on the replica Dover Bronze Age boat. I say baffling because the replica was unsuccessful, so even ...

Mediterranean Bronze-Age Style Galley Under Construction

This item just appeared on the WoodenBoat Facebook page, quoted here in full: " Adem Ali Yılmaz tells us that this is being built at a ...

How Accurate Was Tim Severin's ARGO?

The Argo in Istanbul. All images in this post are from The Jason Voyage by Tim Severin. Click any image to enlarge. In The Jason Voyage: T...

"New" Bronze Age Dugouts Uncovered

According to this article on BBC News, an important Bronze Age archaeological site is being excavated at a  quarry in  Whittlesey, England....