Neolithic boats

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fitzcoraldo F
fitzcoraldo Nov 21, 2005 10:12:16
Replying to PeterH

I guess I am suggesting that at least some of the rock art boats are wooden hulled.
These boats even have the suggestion of a mast
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&gid=309&pid=15946&orderby=dateD
I have never seen a picture of an actual skin-hulled boat with a high prow and stern post .

F FourWinds
FourWinds Nov 21, 2005 10:14:15
Replying to fitzcoraldo

>> I have never seen a picture of an actual skin-hulled boat with a high prow and stern post .

Very true.

P PeterH
PeterH Nov 21, 2005 10:54:59
Replying to fitzcoraldo

Yes those do look like plank built boats and with a mast, I guess that they would have to be wooden and with a keel to lock the mast in place.

Somewhere I have seen reconstruction models of skin boats very much like the Scandinavian rock pictures. I will dig around.