The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of Northern Eurasia

Author : Harri Luukkanen,William W. Fitzhugh
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781588344762

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

The 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).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:631770037

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Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edwin Tappan Adney,Howard I. Chappelle
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588345226

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Edwin Tappan Adney,Howard I. Chappelle Pdf

The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. They could be used to carry heavy loads in shallow streams but were light enough to be hauled long distances over land. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Upon arrival in North America, European settlers began using the native-made craft for traveling through the wilderness. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient designs. This fascinating guide combines historical background with instructions for constructing one. Author Edwin Tappan Adney, born in 1868, devoted his life to studying canoes and was practically the sole scholar in his field. His papers and research have been assembled by a curator at the Smithsonian Institution, and illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, diagrams, and photos. Included here are measurements, detailed drawings, construction methods, and models. The book covers canoes from Newfoundland to the Pacific Ocean, as well as umiaks and kayaks from the Arctic.

Author : Tappan Adney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : OCLC:1015596353

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Tappan Adney Pdf

Author : Howard Irving Chapelle. . . Tappan Adney
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354549837

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The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America by Howard Irving Chapelle. . . Tappan Adney Pdf

The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Author : Edwin Tappan Adney Howard Irving Chapelle
Publisher : anboco
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736405721

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Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Edwin Tappan Adney Howard Irving Chapelle Pdf

The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed of manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from materials available in the areas of their use, their design, size, and appearance were varied so as to create boats suitable to the many and different requirements of their users. The great skill exhibited in their design and construction shows that a long period of development must have taken place before they became known to white men. The Indian bark canoes were most efficient watercraft for use in forest travel; they were capable of being propelled easily with a single-bladed paddle. This allowed the paddler, unlike the oarsman, to face the direction of travel, a necessity in obstructed or shoal waters and in fast-moving streams. The canoes, being light, could be carried overland for long distances, even where trails were rough or nonexistent. Yet they could carry heavy loads in shallow water and could be repaired in the forest without special tools. Bark canoes were designed for various conditions: some for use in rapid streams, some for quiet waters, some for the open waters of lakes, some for use along the coast. Most were intended for portage in overland transportation as well. They were built in a variety of sizes, from small one-man hunting and fishing canoes to canoes large enough to carry a ton of cargo and a crew, or a war-party, or one or more families moving to new habitations. Some canoes were designed so that they could be used, turned bottom up, for shelter ashore...

Author : Edwin Tappan Adney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0265253381

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Classic Reprint) by Edwin Tappan Adney Pdf

Excerpt from The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America Bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed of manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from materials available in the areas of their use, their design, size, and appearance were varied so as to create boats suitable to the many and different requirements of their users. The great skill exhibited in their design and construe tion shows that a long period of development must have taken place before they became known to white men. The Indian bark canoes were most efficient water craft for use in forest travel; they were capable of being propelled easily with a single-bladed paddle. This allowed the paddler, unlike the oarsman, to face the direction of travel, a necessity in obstructed or shoal waters and in fast-moving streams. The canoes, being light, could be carried overland for long distances, even where trails were rough or non existent. Yet they could carry heavy loads in shallow water and could be repaired in the forest without special tools. Bark canoes were designed for various conditions some for use in rapid streams, some for quiet waters, some for the open waters of lakes, some for use along the coast. Most were intended for portage in over land transportation as well. They were built in a variety of sizes, from small one-man hunting and fishing canoes to canoes large enough to carry a ton of cargo and a crew, or a war-party, or one or more families moving to new habitations. Some canoes were designed so that they could be used, turned bottom up, for shelter ashore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Howard I. Chapelle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533376026

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America by Howard I. Chapelle Pdf

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Author : Nicola Laneri,Anna Perdibon
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789259193

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Sacred Nature by Nicola Laneri,Anna Perdibon Pdf

Sacred Nature: Animism and Materiality in Ancient Religions is the second volume of the series Material Religion in Antiquity (MaReA). The book collects the proceedings of the international online workshop carrying the same title organized by CAMNES, SoRS on 20–21 May 2021. Sacred Nature brings together the perspectives of scholars from different disciplines (archaeology, anthropology, iconography, philology, history of religions) about the notions of nature, sacredness, animism and materiality in ancient religions of the Old and the New World. The contributions highlight various ways of understandings the relationships that occurred between human beings, animals, plants, rivers, deities and the land in the religious life of ancient societies. In particular, each chapter explores entangled aspects of the perception of nature and its other-than-human inhabitants, and contributes to readdress some notions about nature, personhood/agency, divinity/sacrality, and materiality/spirituality in ancient religions and cosmologies. In this line, the book seeks to promote a starkly inter-disciplinary and religious-anthropological approach to the definition of ‘sacred nature’, especially engaging with the analytical category of animism as a fruitful conceptual tool for the investigation of human-environmental relations in the ancient religious conceptions, representations and practices. Dialoguing with animism and drawing upon the question on how an ancient religion happened materially, the volume presents key case studies that explore how nature and its non-human inhabitants were understood, represented, engaged with and interwoven in the sacred and sensuous landscapes of ancients.

Author : Patrick Manning
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108478199

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A History of Humanity by Patrick Manning Pdf

Analyzes both the social and biological evolution of humans, from the spoken language to today's institutions.

Author : Jim Cassidy,Irina Ponkratova,Ben Fitzhugh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811911187

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Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia by Jim Cassidy,Irina Ponkratova,Ben Fitzhugh Pdf

Author : John Jennings,Tappan Adney,Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.)
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : UCSC:32106017650075

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Bark Canoes by John Jennings,Tappan Adney,Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) Pdf

The definitive reference to indigenous peoples' watercraft around the world. Tappan Adney (1868-1950) was an artist, writer, ethnographer, historian and modelmaker of unparalleled ability. He tirelessly documented the cultures and languages of vanishing native cultures. His most enduring legacy is the extraordinary 110 birchbark canoe models he handbuilt to exacting standards. The models, now held at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, were built to ensure future canoe builders had exact reproductions for reference. These historically accurate, 1:5 scale models were meticulously researched, and traditionally constructed using the identical materials of the originals. Many are based on canoes that were the last example of their type. Before such a canoe disintegrated, Adney measured and recorded its dimensions, consulted with native builders and studied historical photographs and paintings. The canoe models are organized into eight distinct groups: Maritimes Eastern Woodland Northwest Lower British Columbia Fur Trade Amur Valley Asia South America Each canoe model is beautifully photographed and accompanied by captions that outline the craft's origins, uses and technical details. Adney's amazing technical drawings for the models are also included. An extensive introduction covers Adney's life and provides information about native model builders, canoe decoration and fur trade heraldry. Bark Canoes is the definitive reference to indigenous -- and ingenious -- watercraft used around the world.

Author : Paul Johnstone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Boats, Prehistoric
ISBN : 9780415026352

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The Sea-craft of Prehistory by Paul Johnstone Pdf

A detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from the earliest times until the dawn of history, using new archaeological research. All forms of evidence are assessed, from the vessels of ancient Egypt to the Chinese junk.The nautical dimension of prehistory has not so far received the attention it deserves. It is also too often assumed that early man was land bound, yet this is demonstrably not the case. Recent research has shown that man travelled and tracked over greater distances and at a much earlier date than has previously been thought possible. Some of these facts can be explained only by man's mastery of water transport from earliest times. This book, by an acknowledged expert on prehistoric sea-craft, examines these problems looking at the new archaeological information in the light of the author's nautical knowledge. The result is a detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from earliest times until the dawn of recorded history. All forms of evidence are critically assessed, from the vessels of Ancient Egypt to the Chinese junk, to present of comprehensive picture of the vessels men have built through the ages, and of the variety of ways in which they have been used.

Author : Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,National Museum of Man (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : 0662102800

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Bark Canoes by Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,National Museum of Man (Canada) Pdf

Describes construction of bark canoes made by Algonkian, Iroquoian, and Athapaskan-speaking Indians in Canada.

Author : Cedargrove Mastermind Group
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530062926

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Birchbark Canoe in Color Photos by Cedargrove Mastermind Group Pdf

As one studies a birchbark canoe, one realizes that it is basically a scaled-up, streamlined basket. The same kind of technology was used, to make them. This is not unusual. Irish coracles are essentially large baskets. Birchbark canoes were used by Native Americans of northern regions, wherever birch trees grew, and there were bodies of water. Written records cite sizes from one person, to even fifty. The fur trade that made some Europeans rich was dependent on birchbark canoes for transport. They were made in some quantity, during the fur trade, almost like an assembly line. John Jacob Astor made his fortune in the fir trade, and invested it in real estate, in New York City. Furs were marked up to about ten times what Native Americans were paid. A considerable amount of work was involved in making a birchbark canoe. One needed birch trees of large diameter, ideally. Bark was collected about August, at specific times, soas not to kill the trees. Once taken off the tree, the bark was put on a sledge, flat. The bark was weighted, and kept out of the Sun. It was stored in shade. A sort of jig, or frame, or guide, of stakes hammered into the ground, gave the outline. Prowpieces were laminated, manboards carved, gunwhales were bent and lashed, with thwarts added, and a frame took form. Ribs, probably of pine, and cedar planking were split, and prepared. They were added to the frame, in a way not unlike the way aluminum sheeting is put over a frame, to make the wing of an airplane. The bark was shaped to the boat, and stitched. Spruce root was used for binding. Pine pitch was used for caulking seams, holes, and scars. A boat could even be decorated with etching, or paint. Two man canoes for hunting, or war, could be more easily made. They may not have had planking. If taken care of, they could last for up to six years. Native Americans stored both canoes, and dugouts, under water, or perhaps upside down under a cover, in shade. Edwin Tappan Adney notes, in his The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, that canoes were built carefully, without iron fastenings. They were light, and easily paddled. The ends were sharp. The bottom lifted somewhat near the ends. Think of it as the pickup truck of its day. It was used for fishing, harvesting wild rice, hunting, and trapping, and even amorous pursuits, just like a pickup truck.