Talk:Dover Bronze Age Boat

Role of the boat
This page could do with some information about the role of the boat, how it was different to others and so on. I will try to add more to the page as and when I can, including information about the boat as a whole. Phasler90 22:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Next steps
I have added info based on having seen the boat in the museum and read it. Most info can be checked on the Museum website, but obviously proper link/refs would be better. Needs:


 * diagrams showing the museums official suggested size/format (speculations?)
 * more info on material of boat
 * more comparative info on other known boats, not just Yorkshire, but elsewhere
 * any relevent data on what was found with the boat, giving context for the boat
 * anything which tells of the boats 'life-history' and use.
 * Info on the preservation materials.

I know there is quite a lot about the above things in the museum itself, but I don't remember it well and I don't have proper refs to it.

As I recall the museum believes it was a sea-going vessel and that was used for a number of years before being dumped in a small side channel off the main river, where it was quickly buried in silt. I am certain that the ARE other small things found with the boat and that the materials, such as the caulking are all described in the museum. A display in the boat gallery is dedicated to the preservation showing materials and method.

Personally, I believe that having been excavated and preserved with modern materials and knowhow, the boat is a very important specimen and that this article could become a very useful and informative one for wiki-users wanting to know about bronze-age boats.

IceDragon64 (talk) 20:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Width
One of the key datum for this article could be the boat's width. The boat as displayed is not an opened-out display of both halves, it really was about six feet wide, giving it a much bigger volume than a typical canoe.

IceDragon64 (talk) 20:58, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

I think we should have a Page about Bronze Age Boats- This would make a great means of comparing what is known, including quite a wide selection from UK/ Europe but maybe elsewhere too.

IceDragon64 (talk) 20:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

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