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The First Mariners

Volume in the series
Anthropology: Current and Future Developments
Publisher:Bentham Science
By: Robert G Bednarik  
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This volume summarizes the history and findings of the First Mariners Project which the author Robert G. Bednarik commenced in 1996 in order to explore the Ice Age origins of seafaring. This is the largest archaeological replication project ever undertaken with several hundred people involved in the construction of eight primitive vessels with stone tools under scientifically controlled conditions six of them sailing. Four bamboo rafts have succeeded in accomplishing the historically documented crossings they sought to replicate. One of the successful experiments a 1000 kilometer journey to Australia in 1998 attempted to recreate the first human arrival in Australia probably around 60 000 years ago. Other voyages attempted to address the much earlier sea crossings documented to have taken place in the islands of Indonesia the earliest of which may have occurred nearly a million years ago. These experiments have also featured in BBC and National Geographic documentaries.
The First Mariners comprehensively describes the archaeological background and relevant issues of the project and features an extensive pictorial record of both the experiments and the archaeological basis of this research – giving a unique experience to readers interested in understanding the earliest marine adventurers from a historical and technical perspective.
PDF ISBN: 978-1-68108-019-2
Publisher: Bentham Science
Copyright owner: © 2015 Bentham Science Publishers
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 350
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Anthropology,
Biological anthropology

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