Neolithic boats

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fitzcoraldo Nov 21, 2005 11:10:49
Replying to PeterH

"but if the Scandinavians did in the Bronze Age, that feature vanished entirely as their vessels evolved into the plank built ships of the Saxons and Vikings"

A lot can happen in a couple of thousand years. The Vikings and Saxons were as far removed from the Bronze Age as we are from the Romans.
The had galleys, we have nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
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P PeterH
PeterH Nov 21, 2005 11:27:13
Replying to fitzcoraldo

Yes, but that doesn't mean that Scandinavian Bronze Age boats had Greek rams that simply went out of style over a few thousand years. I wish I could draw on this forum so could show exctly what I'm getting at.