Seagoing Ships & Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant by Shelley Wachsmann ISBN 13: 9780890967096

1998 black hardcover, ex-library in very good condition, some wear, some writing and stamps, US media mail for shipping. This book is an examination of how the early eastern Mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a result. The author surveys the blue-water ships of the Egyptians, Syro-Canaanites, Cypriots, Early Bronze Age Aegeans, Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Sea Peoples, and discusses known Bronze Age shipwrecks. Relying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, Wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at sea.This broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholars. J. Hoftijzer and W. H. van Soldt offer new and illuminating translations of Ugaritic and Akkadian documents that refer to seafaring. J. R. Lenz delves into the Homeric Greek lexicon to search out… Read more

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A&M University Press / Chatham Publishing, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 417 pages, 4to. Out of Print. Minor shelfwear. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition..

Texas A&M University Press, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1998 hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition,stated-first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.