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ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ANCIENT BOAT—THE HASHOLME LOGBOAT
Author(s) -
McGRAIL SEAN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00166.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , hydrostatic equilibrium , history , geology , forensic engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics , physics
Summary. Several methods of assessing the performance of ancient boats are briefly described, including the experimental building and trials of replicas. It is considered that the method of using hydrostatic curves and speed‐related coefficients is often the most cost‐effective and this is used to assess the logboat from Hasholme, North Humberside of c 300 BC.