The ship as symbol in the prehistory of Scandinavia and southeast Asia

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-403

  Ballard, Chris ^a   Bradley, Richard ^b   Myhre, Lise Nordenborg ^c   Wilson, Meredith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Exchange; Melanesia; Metalwork; Mortuary ritual; Rock art; Scandinavia; Ships; Southeast Asia; Travel

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PREHISTORIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1842633298     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000185784     Document Type: Article

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