The global origins and development of seafaring /
edited by Atholl Anderson, James H. Barrett & Katherine V. Boyle.
- Cambridge, UK : Oakville, CT : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge ; Distributed by Oxbow Books, c2010.
- xiv, 330 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- McDonald Institute monographs, 1363-1349 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction --- The origins and development of seafaring : towards a global approach / Atholl Anderson -- pt. 2. Inferences of early seafaring -- Neptune's children : the evolution of human seafaring / Jon McVey Erlandson -- Earliest coastal settlement, marine palaeoeconomies and human dispersal : the Africa-Arabia connection / Geoff Bailey -- Pleistocene migration and colonization in the Indo-Pacific region / Sue O'Connor -- Pleistocene Sahul and the origins of seafaring / James F. O'Connell, Jim Allen, Kristen Hawkes -- Seafaring intensity and island-mainland interaction along the Pacific Coast of North America / Ben Fitzhugh, Dougles J. Kennett -- The first Argonauts : towards the study of the earliest seafaring in the Mediterranean / Albert J. Ammerman -- pt. 3. The development of boats and seafaring -- The global origins of seagoing water transport / Seán McGrail -- Aspects of the origin of Atlantic and Baltic seafaring / Ole Crumlin-Pedersen -- pt. 4. Holocene circumstances and incentives of seafaring -- Pacific voyaging and settlement : issues of biogeography and archaeology, canoe performance and computer simulation / Geoffrey Irwin -- Prehistoric Pacific population movements / Robin G. Allaby [et.al.] -- Seafaring and the development of cultural complexity in Northeast Asia : evidence from the Japanese archipelago / Junko Habu -- Demographic imperatives for island colonists / William F. Keegan -- Island colonization and trade in the Mediterranean / R. Helen Farr -- The social and environmental context of Neolithic seafaring in the Persian Gulf / Robert A. Carter -- A question of life and death? Seafaring and abandonment in the Mediterranean and Pacific Islands / Helen Dawson -- Conceptual modelling of seafaring, climate and early European exploration and settlement of the North Atlantic islands / Andrew J. Dugmore [et.al.] -- pt. 5. Sailing and society -- The sea and the land : maritime connections in the chiefly landscape of Tonga / Geoffrey Clark -- Evidence for the Austronesian voyages in the Indian Ocean / Roger Blench -- "Ships a-sail from over the rim of the sea" : voyaging, sailing and the making of Mediterranean societies. c. 3500-800 BC / Cyprian Broodbank -- Seafaring on the Atlantic seaboard / Barry Cunliffe -- "Horses are strong at sea" : the liminal aspect of the maritime cultural landscape / Christer Westerdahl -- Rounding up the usual suspects : causation and the Viking Age diaspora / James H. Barrett -- pt. 6. Conclusion -- Histories of global seafaring : a discussion / James H. Barrett, Atholl Anderson.