Awards
- Winner of Irene Levi-Sala Prize for Books on the Archaeology of Israel 1999
- Winner of Irene Levi-Sala Prize for Books on the Archaeology of Israel 1999.
Overview
In """"Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age"""" Levant Shelley Wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern Mediterranean cultures took to the sea - and how they evolved as a result. The author surveys the blue-water ships of the Egyptians, Syro-Canaanites, Cypriots, Early Bronze Age Aegeans, Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Sea Peoples, and also discusses known Bronze Age shipwrecks. Relying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, Wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel - from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at sea.This book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to Bronze Age seafaring. It will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and Bronze Age textual scholars. Offering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, Wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travel.
Full Product Details
Author: Shelley Wachsmann
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Imprint: Texas A & M University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 27.60cm
Weight: 1.460kg
ISBN: 9781603440806
ISBN 10: 1603440801
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 30 January 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""...the book is an extremely useful survey by a real expert on the project.""--Jan Bouzek, Praha-- (02/13/2013)
.. .the book is an extremely useful survey by a real expert on the project. --;/div>--Jan Bouzek, Praha Eirene XXXVI (02/13/2013)
.. .the book is an extremely useful survey by a real expert on the project. --Jan Bouzek, Praha-- (02/13/2013)
. ..the book is an extremely useful survey by a real expert on the project. --;/div>--Jan Bouzek, Praha Eirene XXXVI (02/13/2013)
Author Information
SHELLEY WACHSMANN is Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M University. He has published numerous articles in archaeological journals and is the author of three previous books on ancient seafaring and trade.
