Do modern winds equal ancient winds?

Murray, William G.

doi:10.1080/09518968708569525

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“…As for identifying prevailing wind directions in the Neolithic, this work draws from Murray (1987) that prehistoric winds were similar to those today. Similarly, as there has been no significant bathymetric change, the direction and strength of prevailing currents would also have been similar to the present, although there would have been a few local differences.…”

Section: Case Study: Travelling Across the Adriaticmentioning

confidence: 97%

Seafaring as social action

Farr

2006

J Mari Arch

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This paper builds upon traditional investigations of maritime activities, particularly seafaring itself, to study the social relationships between people and the sea as well as the technology, necessary knowledge and skills that are implicated. The research is based upon evidence of seafaring drawn from the circulation of obsidian from the island of Lipari around the central Mediterranean throughout the Neolithic c.6500-3500 BC. It focuses upon journeys across the Adriatic, identifying the importance of travel in the creation of social alliance and identity, shedding light upon relationships and practices that are generally invisible without proper consideration of maritime activity. The implications of ongoing maritime activity in the region reflect upon Neolithic activities and temporalities which are outside the sphere of settlement specific landscapes, hitherto the sole focus of the majority of Italian Neolithic research.

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Section: Case Study: Travelling Across the Adriaticmentioning

confidence: 97%

Seafaring as social action

Farr

2006

J Mari Arch

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“…Come si può immaginare, la risposta non è semplice, per vari ordini di ragioni. Gli studi di climatologia storica consentono di ritenere che la situazione dei venti nel Mediterraneo sia rimasta sostanzialmente simile dall'antichità ad oggi, almeno negli ultimi 2.400 anni; risulterebbe quindi del tutto verosimile, a livello di tendenza generale, che nell'antichità i venti regnanti e dominanti del Mediterraneo spirassero con regimi simili a quelli attuali (Murray 1987, Id. 1995.…”

Section: L'incidenza Del Contesto Ambientaleunclassified

La navigazione tardo-arcaica in Adriatico. l’iconografia navale e la peculiarità della tradizione nautica / Late-archaic navigation in the Adriatic sea. the naval iconography and the peculiarity of the nautical tradition

Medas¹

2016

cupauam

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RiassuntoLa navigazione nell'Adriatico in epoca arcaica, tra il IX e il VI sec. a.C., si caratterizza per una fitta rete di scambi e contatti interni, sia in senso est-ovest, tra le due coste, sia in senso nord-sud. Tale situazione, ben documentata a livello archeologico, trova riscontro in un piccolo nucleo di iconografie navali, databili tra il VII e il VI / inizi V sec. a.C. che presentano caratteristiche peculiari nel più ampio panorama dell'iconografia navale del Mediterraneo. Si riscontrano, infatti, tipologie navali specifiche in cui, al posto dei classici timoni laterali, compare per la prima volta un timone unico al centro della poppa, che anticipa una soluzione tecnica introdotta a livello generale solo nel Medioevo. In base al riscontro dell'iconografia, l'uso di questo timone rimane un fatto isolato al VII-VI secolo e al solo Adriatico centro-settentrionale.Parole chiave: Adriatico, navigazione arcaica, Prima Età del Ferro, iconografia navale, timone. AbstractAdriatic navigation in archaic period, between IX and VI century BC, is characterized by a dense network of inner exchanges and contacts, both in east-west direction, between both coasts, and in north-south direction. This situation is well reflected by archaeological findings and also by a small group of naval iconographies dated back between VII and VI / early V century BC, representing peculiar features inside the largest context of ancient Mediterranean naval iconography. It is recognized specific naval typologies with a central rudder instead of the classical ancient side rudders, a technical solution introduced at a general level, as known, only in the Middle Ages. Based on the ancient naval iconography, the use of this archaic central rudder is a fact confined chronologically to the VII-VI century BC and geographically to the only central-northern Adriatic Sea.

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“…The analysis is based on data given in the Mediterranean Pilot, 19 assuming that the weather has not changed significantly since antiquity. 20 Sailing seasons have been discussed by notable scholars. 21 The winter months, November to March, are out of the sailing season.…”

Section: T H E D a T E O F T H E P A S Smentioning

confidence: 99%

The Voyage of Synesius

Kahanov¹

2006

J. Navigation

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Synesius’ letter to his brother, describing his passage from Alexandria to Cyrene, is a fruitful source of information on seafaring at the turn of the 4th century CE. The present article is an experiment to discover maritime information, based on this source and geographic and climatic facts. The distance from Alexandria to Azarium, the final landfall, is 360 nautical miles, although the distance actually sailed was 400 miles. The sailing, generally against the prevailing wind, lasted seven days, of which two were spent on shore. A log and a chart of the complete passage are suggested. Concentrating on the maritime details reveals the skill of the professional skipper, Amarantus, experienced in navigating these waters.

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Do modern winds equal ancient winds?

Cited by 68 publications

References 5 publications

Seafaring as social action

Seafaring as social action

La navigazione tardo-arcaica in Adriatico. l’iconografia navale e la peculiarità della tradizione nautica / Late-archaic navigation in the Adriatic sea. the naval iconography and the peculiarity of the nautical tradition

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