New AMS radiocarbon dates for the North Ferriby boats—a contribution to dating prehistoric seafaring in northwestern Europe

Wright, E. V.; Hedges, R. E. M.; Bayliss, Alex; Noort, Robert Van de

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“…The earliest evidence for sewn‐plank vessels is provided by the Ferriby 3 vessel, dated to 2030–1780 BC (Wright et al . ). The social context that gave rise to them, and their impact on other societies along the Atlantic façade, suggest that this might have been a key turning point in Atlantic interconnections.…”

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Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

Callaghan

Scarre

2017

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary The Atlantic peninsulas of western Europe present intriguing cultural parallels that reach back into later prehistory. Furthermore, direct evidence of interconnections from the fifth millennium BC is revealed by the movement of specific materials such as Iberian variscite. Brittany and Galicia were key nodes within this potential network of maritime interaction, but debate continues as to the routes that were chosen and the navigational abilities involved. Did early seafarers keep close to the coast and did long journeys involve many intermediate landfalls? Or did crews venture direct crossings of the Bay of Biscay? In the absence of surviving evidence for the kinds of vessel likely to have been used by Neolithic seaborne navigators, modern wind and current data are here used to generate models indicating journey times for small sea‐going craft powered only by oars, following the coastal or the direct route. The results are discussed within the context of selected material flows (jadeitite, variscite, copper, Beakers) and against a background of potentially changing maritime technology.

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Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

Callaghan

Scarre

2017

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Wiggle-matching of floating tree-ring series has allowed a number of sites to be precisely dated (Bayliss et al , 2003bBayliss and Pryor 2001;Masefield et al 2004), yet this really has led only to wider discussion of the impact of the introduction of sewnplank boat technology into northwestern Europe (van der Noort et al 1999;Wright et al 2001). …”

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Rolling Out Revolution: Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

Bayliss¹

2009

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ABSTRACT. Sixty years ago, the advent of radiocarbon dating rewrote archaeological chronologies around the world. Forty years ago, the advent of calibration signaled the death knell of the diffusionism that had been the mainstay of archaeological thought for a century. Since then, the revolution has continued, as the extent of calibration has been extended ever further back and as the range of material that can be dated has been expanded. Now a new revolution beckons, one that could allow archaeology to engage in historical debate and usher in an entirely new kind of (pre)history. This paper focuses on more than a decade of experience in utilizing Bayesian approaches routinely for the interpretation of 14 C dates in English archaeology, discussing both the practicalities of implementing these methods and their potential for changing archaeological thinking.

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“…The boats constructed of sewn planks found on the foreshore at North Ferriby, within the Humber Estuary in north‐eastern England (Fig. 1), are the earliest of their kind found outside Egypt (Wright et al ., 2001). The evidence suggests that complex composite boats were being constructed and used within this area from the early Bronze Age until well into the Iron Age.…”

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“…An overview of the Ferriby boats is given in Table 1, and more detail can be found elsewhere (Wright, 1990, Wright et al ., 2001). Ferriby 1 was discovered in 1937 by E. V. and C. W. Wright (Wright and Wright, 1939), but not excavated until 1946.…”

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Seascapes and Landscapes-the Siting of the Ferriby Boat Finds in the Context of Prehistoric Pilotage

Chapman

2005

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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The foreshore of North Ferriby, within the Humber estuary, is the site of the earliest sewn plank boats known outside Egypt. Despite a large corpus of research relating to their construction and function, there has, as yet, been no consideration of their location. This paper examines the contemporary environment and sailing conditions of the Humber during the Bronze Age, and assesses pilotage in relation to natural features that might help to explain why North Ferriby was such a significant focus for Bronze Age mariners.

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New AMS radiocarbon dates for the North Ferriby boats—a contribution to dating prehistoric seafaring in northwestern Europe

Abstract: A new series of radiocarbon measurements on three sewn-plank boats from North Ferriby, Yorkshire, has provided consistent new dating for these craft, which suggests that the appearance of such boats may fall in the early Bronze Age.

Cited by 22 publications

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Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

Rolling Out Revolution: Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

Seascapes and Landscapes-the Siting of the Ferriby Boat Finds in the Context of Prehistoric Pilotage

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