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Bundles
of low density bark or reeds provide a source of durable buoyancy. The top
picture shows a Tasmanian bark-bundle raft of the early nineteenth-century.
This is the only location in which bark is known to be used for floatation.
The raft shown in the water suggests that propulsion was by single ended paddles.
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the lower photograph is shown a boat structure using reed bundles
for floatation and a wooden superstructure to locate the oars and provide
seating. The photograph was taken in on the River Suck, Ireland, in 1962.
From:
McGrail, "Ancient Boats, The archeology of water transport to
AD 1500," Longman (1987) |
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