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Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia by Harri Luukkanen and William W. Fitzhugh (2020, Hardcover)

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia by Luukkanen, Harri, Fitzhugh, William W. [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSmithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

ISBN-101588344754

ISBN-139781588344755

eBay Product ID (ePID)211804905

Product Key Features

Book TitleBark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBoating, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Canoeing, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Industries / Transportation

Publication Year2020

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorHarri Luukkanen, William W. Fitzhugh

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight37.2 Oz

Item Length11.1 in

Item Width8.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-027732

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsINDIGENOUS BOATS " The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia is a major contribution to ethnological boat studies. Particularly for those familiar mainly with the boats of North America and western Europe, it is a broad and comprehensive introduction to the archaeology and history of small craft of a region rarely discussed in the English-language literature. It will take its place as an essential reference, next to The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America , not as a sequel, but in its own right."

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Dewey Decimal623.82/9

SynopsisThe Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia is a history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia. The history of northern peoples and cultures is inextricably linked to the technology of water transport. This is particularly true in northern Eurasia, where lakes and rivers can connect when overland summer travel is restricted by thick forests or bogs. For thousands of years, native peoples used a variety of bark and skin boats for fishing, hunting, trading, making war, and migrating. The Eurasian peoples, responding to their geography, climate, and environment, learned to construct--and perfect--small watercraft made from dug-out logs or the bark of birch, aspen, larch, and other trees, each variety crafted for its special use and environment. The text describes the design, construction, and uses of skin and bark boats for thirty-five traditional cultures ranging from northern Scandinavia to the Russian Far East, from the Bering Strait to northern China, and from South Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. Regional chapters use evidence from archaeology, historical illustrations and maps, and extensive documentation from ethnography and historical literature to reveal how differences in cultural traditions, historical relationships, climate, and geography have influenced the development and spread of watercraft before the introduction of modern planked boats. This definitive volume is richly illustrated with historical photographs and drawings, first-person explorer accounts from the 16th-19th centuries, and information on traditional bark and skin preparation, wood-bending, and other construction techniques. The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia presents a first-ever overview of northern Eurasian boating traditions and serves as the companion to Charles Adney's and Howard Chapelle's classic, The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (1964).

LC Classification NumberVM353.L85 2016