I was struck by the juxtaposition of these tree boughs dipping in Christchurch’s river Avon with the distant, moored boat and wondered if such a sight gave the idea of floating craft to our ancestors…
Speculation about the development of water transport during the early prehistoric period is widespread, and some commentators have even suggested that the first boat, as opposed to a log ‘raft’, may have simply been a log hollowed out by disease.
ships and boats prehistory ~ Historic England
Something to reflect upon this Monochrome Monday
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