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Skin versus Wood? Probably both!story. It is far more parsimonious to consider thecoracle as known from rural Wales as the type ofvessel to have been in use possibly as early as theLate Upper Palaeolithic and at least by the EarlyMesolithic. The Boyne curragh is theorised tobe a likely vessel form in use by Fosna colonistswho came to Norway during the Early Postglacialperiod from the now submerged North SeaPlain. This type of curragh is without formalgunwale construction and is viewed as a logicaldevelopmental step beyond coracles toward amore seaworthy vessel.During the Bronze Age sewn plank vessels dominatedthe whole of Scandinavia, however skinboat traditions were maintained on the oppositeshores of the North Sea until present times.Celtic oral history indicates a long tradition ofskin boat use throughout the British Isles. Thiswas also noted by Julius Caesar when he came toconquer the Britons and was impressed by theirskin boats. Medieval chronicles indicate thatskin boats were capable of making long rangeocean crossings (Hornell 1938; Severin 1976).This paper concludes that curraghs were themost likely vessel form in use throughout northernScandinavia during the entirety of the Mesolithic,independent of any contemporaneousdugout technological traditions in the southernBaltic region. These curraghs most likely developedfrom a more primitive coracle type duringthe Late Upper Palaeolithic.Anschrift des VerfassersJames McClean800 Ocala Road, Suite 300–143Tallahassee, FL 32304 USAJames@McCleanImageStudio.comBibliographyAndersen 1985: S. H. Andersen Tybrind Vig, APreliminary Report on a Submerged Ertebølle Settlementon the West Coast of Fyn. Journal of DanishArchaeology 4, pp. 52–69.Andersen 1987: S. H. Andersen, Mesolithic Dug-Outs and Paddles from Tybrind Vig, Denmark. ActaArchaeologica 57, pp. 87–106.Andersen 1994: Andersen, New finds of Mesolithiclogboats in Denmark. In: Proceedings of the 6 th InternationalSymposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology,Roskilde, 1991, edited by O. Books, pp. 1–10. OxbowMonograph 40. vol. Monograph 40. OxbowBooks, Oxford.Anundsen 1996: K. Anundsen, The Physical Conditionsfor Earliest Settlement during the Last Deglaciationin Norway. In The Earliest Settlement of Scandinaviaand its relationship with neighbouring areas.,edited by L. Larsson, pp. 208–217. Series in 8°, No.24 ed. Acta Archaeologica Lundensia. Almquist &Wiksell International, Stockholm.Arima 1987: E. Y. Arima, Inuit Kayaks in Canada:A Review of Historical Records and Construction.Mercury Series Canadian Ethnology Service PaperNo. 110. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.Bjerck 1994: H. B. Bjerck, Nordsjøfastlandet og pionerbosetningeni Norge. Viking, Tidsskrift for nørronarkeologi Bind LVII (57), pp. 25–58.Bjerck 1996: H. B. Bjerck: The North Sea Continentand the Pioneer settlement of Norway. In Manand Sea in the Mesolithic, edited by A. Fischer, OxbowMonograph 53, pp. 131–144. Oxbow Books,Oxford.Braund 1988: S. R. Braund ,The Skin Boats of StLawrence Island, Alaska. University of WashingtonPress, Seattle.Brøgger/Shetelig 1951: A. W. Brøgger/H. Shetelig,The Viking Ships: Their Ancestry and Evolution.Twayne Publishers, Inc., New York.Christensen 1990: C. Christensen Stone age DugoutBoats in Denmark: Occurrence, Age Formand Reconstruction. In: Experimetnation and Reconstructionin Environmental Archaeology, editedby D. E. Robinsen. vol. Symposia of the Associationfor Environmental Archaeology No. 9. OxbowBooks, Oxford.Coles 1998: B. J. Coles, Doggerland: a SpeculativeSurvey. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 64, pp.45–81.Crumlin-Pedersen 1970: O. Crumlin-Pedersen,Skind eller Træ? En studie i den nordiske plankebådskonstruktive oprindelse. Vikingeskibshallen, Roskilde.Ellmers 1980: D. Ellmers, Ein Fellboot-Fragmentder Ahrensburger Kultur aus Husum, Schleswig-Holstein?, Offa 37, pp. 19–24.Ellmers 1984: D. Ellmers, The earliest evidence forskin boats in late-Palaeolithic Europe. In Aspects ofMaritime Archaeology and Ethnography, edited by S.McGrail. National Maritime Museum, London.Ellmers 1986: D. Ellmers, The Beginnings of Boatbuildingin Central Europe. In: The Earliest Ships,edited by R. Gardiner, pp. 11–23. Conway MaritimePress, London.Fry 2000: M. F. Fry Coiti, Logboats from NorthernIreland, Northern Ireland Archaeological Monographs:No 4. Environment and Heritage ServiceDepartment of the Environment, Belfast.Gjessing 1936: G. Gjessing, Nordenfjelske Ristningerog Malinger av den Artiske Gruppe, H. Aschenhoug& Company, Oslo.Gjessing 1958: G. Gjessing, Arktiske helleristningeri Nord-Norge. 2 vols. Aschenhoug, Oslo.Greenhill 1976: B. Greenhill, Archaeology of theBoat: a New Introductory Study. Wesleyan UniversityPress, Middletown.Hafsten 1987: U. Hafsten, Vegetasjon, klima oglandskaps-utvikling i Trøndelag etter siste istid.Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrifter 41, pp. 101–120.13