Tag Archive for 'Canoe'

The 7,300-year-old canoe Marmotta 1 on display in the Museo delle Civiltà in Rome. It is a huge dugout canoe made from an oak trunk about 10.43 m long, 1.15 m wide at the stern and 0.85 m wide at the bow. It is 65 to 44cm high, depending on the part of the canoe. Image credit: Gibaja et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299765.

7,000-Year-Old Canoes Reveal Early Development of Nautical Technology

Mar 20, 2024 by News Staff

More than 7,000 years ago, Neolithic people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats, according to new research. The 7,300-year-old...

Top: an internal view of the Anaweka canoe hull showing the pointed end and butt end, and lashing holes for attachment of other timbers on all sides. Middle: a sea turtle is carved in raised relief at the shaped end of the Anaweka canoe strake. Bottom: detail of the sea turtle. Image credit: Dilys A. Johns et al.

600-Year-Old Polynesian Ocean-Sailing Canoe Discovered in New Zealand

Sep 30, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Auckland have found a large section of an East Polynesian sailing canoe dating to around 1400 CE on New Zealand’s...