New PDF release: The First Mariners (Anthropology: Current and Future

By Robert G. Bednarik

ISBN-10: 3659630977

ISBN-13: 9783659630972

This quantity summarizes the heritage and findings of the 1st Mariners undertaking, which the writer, Robert G. Bednarik, started out in 1996 so that it will discover the Ice Age origins of seafaring. this can be the biggest archaeological replication venture ever undertaken with numerous hundred humans excited about the development of 8 primitive vessels with stone instruments lower than scientifically managed stipulations, six of them crusing. 4 bamboo rafts have succeeded in reaching the traditionally documented crossings they sought to duplicate. one of many winning experiments, a one thousand kilometer trip to Australia in 1998, tried to recreate the 1st human arrival in Australia, most likely round 60,000 years in the past. different voyages tried to deal with the a lot past sea crossings documented to have taken position within the islands of Indonesia, the earliest of that may have happened approximately 1000000 years in the past. those experiments have additionally featured in BBC and nationwide Geographic documentaries.
The First Mariners comprehensively describes the archaeological historical past and proper problems with the venture and contours an in depth pictorial list, of either the experiments and the archaeological foundation of this study – giving a different adventure to readers drawn to knowing the earliest marine adventurers from a ancient and technical perspective.

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