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Early Aegean Longboats.
(mid-5th / beginning of 3th millennium BC).
#Longboat #Aegean #Cyclades #Strofilas #Vathi
(mid-5th / beginning of 3th millennium BC).
#Longboat #Aegean #Cyclades #Strofilas #Vathi
1.Until recently, it was widely believed that the beginning of shipping in the Cyclades took place during the EC II period (2800-2200BC),according to the recovery of various clay, stone and lead models of ships found in burials ensembles, as well as from depictions on frying pans
2. However, the rock carvings from Strofilas and Vathi demonstrated a strongly nautical orientation of the Cycladic islanders as early as the Final Neolithic (mid-5th millennium BC), identifying the appearance of navigation in the Cyclades 1500 years earlier.
