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National Maritime Museum, Cornwall submitted by Andy B : Andy Wyke of the National Maritime Museum, boat builder Brian Cumby and Professor Robert Van de Noort from the University of Exeter ahead of their building project Image copyright National Maritime Museum Cornwall (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Cornwall. Interactive and 'hands-on' displays featuring Cornwall's unique maritime heritage. Underwater views through tidal windows. Live boating demonstrations

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National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Discovery Quay
Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 3QY
Tel: 01326 313388

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Official Web Site: www.nmmc.co.uk

Note: Academics to build replica of Bronze Age boat using tools and methods from 4000 years ago
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Bronze Age pottery sherd from Isles of Scilly could be earliest British depiction of by Andy B on Sunday, 10 February 2013
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More than most archaeological periods from pre-history, Britain’s Bronze Age is constantly being re-assessed as archaeologists and historians find new evidence of its richness and complexity.

Now the boundaries of what we know about this increasingly sophisticated period are being pushed even further by a small pottery sherd which on display at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall.

The piece of pottery was found during archaeological excavations of a Late Bronze Age roundhouse on St Agnes, on the Isles of Scilly, in 2009, and some archaeologists believe it clearly shows etched lines that resemble a sailing ship.

For Sean Taylor, an archaeologist with the Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service (CCHES), the find could be hugely significant for our understanding of the Bronze Age.

“The sherd is part of a small thick-walled vessel, perhaps a cup or beaker, and it’s highly unusual in that it has been inscribed, prior to firing, with a freehand design,” he explains.

“If this is a ship, and it does look like a masted ship, then this is the earliest representation of a boat ever found in the UK.”

Taylor believes the inscription could represent a Phoenecian trading vessel, which was blown off course and was seen by our Bronze Age forebears as it passed the Scillies.

“This would have been a remarkable sight worth commemorating, hence it being drawn on a pot," he says.

“However, masted boats are not known in this country until the first century BC. This sherd dates back to 1000-800BC confirming the importance and rarity of this object.”

The sherd, which is on display as part of the museum’s exhibition, 2012BC: Cornwall and the Sea in the Bronze Age, was found by archaeologists from the CCHES on a site owned by the Cornwall Rural Housing Association.

For more, see
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/archaeology/art397577

and the excavations summaries are here
http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=24340

http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=24341

the results will be published in Cornish Archaeology in due course.

with thanks to Bat400 and other news contributors
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Re: Unlocking Cornwall’s Bronze Age Past at Cornwall's Maritime Museum by Kiters63 on Monday, 13 February 2012
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Hi
re, National Maritime Museum Bronze Age Boat I believe they also hope to sail it, we have been helping out with photos & words about our Bronze Age Site @ Salcombe & some peices from our site are to be loaned from the British Museum for display when it opens in April,
we also have some peices on display @ Plymouth Museum, & Tin Ingots @ Exeter Museum


http://www.swmag.org.uk
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Academics to build replica of Bronze Age boat using tools and methods from 4,000 year by Andy B on Sunday, 22 January 2012
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A team of academics are embarking on an ambitious project to build an exact replica of a Bronze Age boat, using the tools and methods of the era.

Exeter University professors will spend five months sewing planks together to recreate the ancient vessel, because nails were not invented 4,000 years ago.

Other quirks of the historical experiment will include using bronze axes and plugging leaks with moss.

They hope to discover how fast such a boat could move and how it was controlled.

Professor Robert Van de Noort, an expert in Bronze Age boats who is leading the project, said: 'Because none of the boats have ever been found as complete boats, this project will seek to understand how they were constructed, how to steer such a long boat, measure how fast it can go, understand how the crew used paddles, as sails were not evident, and how watertight it is.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086712/Oceans-time-Academics-build-replica-Bronze-Age-boat-using-tools-methods-4-000-years-ago.html

with thanks to Angie Lake for the link
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Unlocking Cornwall’s Bronze Age Past at Cornwall's Maritime Museum by Andy B on Sunday, 22 January 2012
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A modern day boat builder is being challenged to recreate the oldest boat ever found in western Europe, dating to around 2000 BC. The prehistoric boat will be built to scale using ancient tools such as bronze axes at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, as part of a collaborative project devised by the University of Exeter.

Professor Robert Van de Noort of the University of Exeter is one of the world’s leading experts in Bronze Age period sewn-plank boats. He is leading the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project that will produce the exhibition 2012BC: Cornwall and the Sea in the Bronze Age at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Archaeologists and engineers at the University of Southampton and Oxford Brookes University are also involved in developing the interactive project with experts at the University of Exeter.

The Bronze Age sewn-plank boats are unique to England and Wales. The longest were 16 metres in length and made of oak. The hull of the boat was made by stitching wooden planks together; this sewing technique was used as nails had yet to be invented. This way of building boats still exists in remote areas of Norway, Finland and some parts of India, although on different types of boats and with the use of modern tools. The boats are now commonly referred to as sewn-plank boats.

Brian Cumby is a shipwright (professional boat builder) and will oversee the building of the prehistoric boat in an open workshop at the Museum. This will enable the public to see the development of the boat over a five-month period, starting in April. Prior to this, Brian will be immersed in the world of Bronze Age Britain with Professor Van de Noort and colleagues at the Universities of Exeter and Southampton. He will learn about the tools available to Bronze Age boat builders, and will start to experiment and learn how to split logs and make planks using bronze axes and adzes rather than a modern day saw. He will also experiment with the use of the fibres from the branches of the yew tree, which were used to stitch the planks together, and with the use of moss as caulking, to stop the boat from leaking.

The live reconstruction of the prehistoric boat is being built to find out more about the process behind building a sewn boat, to examine the seaworthiness of such vessels and to understand how it was built and sailed.

Professor Robert Van de Noort of the University of Exeter explained: “Because none of the boats have ever been found as complete boats this project will seek to understand how they were constructed, how to steer such a long boat, measure how fast it can go, understand how the crew used paddles, as sails were not evident, and how watertight it is.”

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is joining forces with the University of Exeter to enable members of the public and especially people interested in sailing or boat building to get directly involved in the construction of the Bronze Age boat. Andy Wyke, Boat Collections Manager at National Maritime Museum Cornwall said: “This is a really exciting, ambitious, challenging and unique. We are honoured to be hosting this ‘never been done before’ project, to be working with University of Exeter and looking forward together, to unlocking Cornwall’s prehistoric maritime heritage and its connections to Europe.

This is a first for us. As soon as the exhibition opens, the ‘live’ nature of the build will deliver new insights daily. Inviting the public to get ‘hands-on’ with the build is a new way of thinking and offers a wonderful transfer of skills and knowledge. Building on our research capacity in such a way allows us a new opportunity to expand our knowledge as a maritime research centre.”

2012BC Cornwall and the Sea in the Bronze Age opens, accompanied by rare objects never before seen in the UK, at National Maritime Museum Cornwall on 13 April and runs until 30 September.

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