Argonauts of the Stone Age : early maritime activity from the first migrations from Africa to the end of the Neolithic /: early maritime activity from the first migrations from Africa to the end of the Neolithic. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrzej Pydyn.
• Authors: Pydyn, Andrzej
• Contents: Introduction ; 1. Lower Palaeolithic seafarers – the oldest evidence of migration and sea-crossing ; Homo ergaster/Homo erectus and Out of Africa ; The first colonisation of Europe ; The first crossing of the sea ; 2. Middle Palaeolithic seafarers – the Neanderthal and the sea ; The European world of the Neanderthals ; The Neanderthal residents of the Mediterranean area ; The Neanderthals' submerged world ; Beyond the European seas ; 3. Upper and Final Palaeolithic seafarers – the expansion of modern humans ; The first Mediterranean seagoing of modern humans ; Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic – intensification of seafaring in the Mediterranean Basin ; Travelling northwards – modern humans on the coasts of Western and Northern Europe ; Towards new continents ; 4. Maritime activity of Mesolithic communities in Northern Europe ; Maritime contacts within the Atlantic zone ; Between the North Sea and the Baltic ; The earliest settlements of the islands of the central and eastern Baltic Sea ; 5. Neolithic voyagers – farmers of the sea ; The first farmers at sea – development of the Neolithic in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea ; Seafarers of cardium-impresso culture ; Boats of the first farmers ; Farmers of the Atlantic ; Travelling eastwards ; 6. Early forms of water transport ; Floats ; Rafts ; Skin boats ; Bark boats ; Reed boats and other lashed vessels ; Logboats ; Simple plank boats ; Conclusion ; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (263 pages)
• Subjects: 930.12; Stone age; Seafaring life -- History -- To 1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784911447
• Related ISBNs: 9781784911430
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