Table of Contents

Foreword (Frank Panton)
1. The Dover boat ten years after its discovery (Peter Clark)
2. Evidence of a marine environment associated with the Dover boat (Christopher Green)
3. Reconstructing the Dover boat (Peter Marsden)
4. The legacy of Ted Wright (John Coates)
5. Some thoughts on boats as Bronze Age artefacts (Francis Pryor)
6. Round the headland or over the horizon? An examination of evidence for British prehistoric efforts to construct a seaworthy boat (Owain Roberts)
7. North-west European seagoing boats before AD 400 (Sean McGrail)
8. The use of half-scale model ships in archaeological research with particular reference to the Graveney, Sutton Hoo and Ferriby ships (Edwin Gifford and Joyce Gifford)
9. Dover to Bevaix, from the Middle Bronze Age to Gallo-Roman times, from lashing to nailing: a page of naval arcaehology illustrated by the evolution of techiniques, tools and the discovery of new materials (Beat Arnold)
10. The Humber, its sew-plank boats, their contexts and the significance of it all (Robert Van de Noort)
11. A search for the prehistoric harbours of Kent (Keith Parfitt)
12. An environmental context for the Dover boat? (Mike Baillie)
13. Sea faring voyages and rock art ships (Kristian Kristiansen)
14. Social and religious perceptions of the ship in Bronze Age Northern Europe (Flemming Kaul)
15. Finding 'new' boats: enhancing our chances in heritage management, a predictive approach (Thijs Maarleveld)
16. Facing the sea in Bronze Age NorwayL the ship, the sea and society (Frode Kvalo)

About the Author

Peter Clark was raised in Illinois, where he graduated from New Trier Township High School. He was in the United States Army from 1965 to 1968, including Vietnam service with the 1st Infantry Division. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Yale Law School and a member of the Massachusetts Bar. He has been a county prosecutor, counsel to state mental health and social service agencies, a legal aid lawyer, and an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts. He currently serves in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in the Office of the Inspector General.

Reviews

[The Dover Bronze Age Boat and The Dover Bronze Age Boat in Context] succeed in creating as full a picture as possible of the Dover Boat and its many contexts. They are well produced with many fine illustrations and plans.'--Edward Von Der Porten "Ships in Scale, May/June 2007"