{"id":1730,"date":"2014-01-22T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/cma\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2014-01-22T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T14:54:50","slug":"things-have-to-change-iron-age-boat-building-traditions-in-northern-europeby-rodrigo-pachecho-ruiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2014\/01\/22\/things-have-to-change-iron-age-boat-building-traditions-in-northern-europeby-rodrigo-pachecho-ruiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Things have to change: Iron Age boat building traditions in Northern Europe,by Rodrigo Pachecho Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cma.soton.ac.uk\/files\/2014\/01\/January28.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1181 aligncenter\" alt=\"January28\" src=\"http:\/\/cma.soton.ac.uk\/files\/2014\/01\/January28-424x300.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Group presentations will resume on January 28th at 4 pm, in the CMA lecture room.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz (PhD student) will present his work on Iron Age boat Building. The presentation will also be broadcasted on this link\u00a0&lt;a title=&quot;http:\/\/coursecast.soton.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer\/Default.aspx?id=b6af216d-a054-4497-a051-f39f55324d21<br \/>\nCtrl+click or tap to follow link\" href=\"http:\/\/coursecast.soton.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer\/Default.aspx?id=b6af216d-a054-4497-a051-f39f55324d21\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;http:\/\/coursecast.soton.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer\/Default.aspx?id=b6af216d-a054-4497-a051-f39f55324d21<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>:After the boom of prehistoric boat-building technological innovations during Bronze Age in Britain and the rich evidence of Mediterranean oceangoing activities, Northern European boatbuilding in the Iron Age has been traditionally considered to represent a\u00a0<i>lacunae<\/i>\u00a0in maritime activities and innovation. However, a close study of the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental context, for water transport during the 1st millenium BC in Northern Europe, shows that maritime cultures in this part of the world developed a very different way to face socio-cultural and environmental challenges. This talk aims to bring Iron Age maritime cultures of Northern Europe into the academic attention that other periods and regions have seen to profit from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Centre for Maritime Archaeology Research Group presentations will resume on January 28th at 4 pm, in the CMA lecture room. Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz (PhD student) will present his work on Iron Age boat Building. 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