Bronze Age maritime communities : yesterday today

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The Boat 1550 BC project is an historical and cultural project arising from a major archaeological discovery made in the port of Dover in 1992 during urban redevelopment: one of the oldest known sea-going boats dated from 1550BC. The growing number of archaeological studies and European experts in naval architecture over the past fifteen years allows scientists to place the boat in its Bronze Age context (2,200-800 BC) and to bring new knowledge about the way of life in the 2 Seas area 3500 years ago and even to highlight the existence of a “cross-channel community” at this time. This unique discovery becomes the starting point of the BOAT 1550 BC project which aims to engage the general public, using these scientific results and a range of events, with the history of societies on both sides of the Channel, 3500 years ago. The project is divided into a series of events: a highly interactive 18-month exhibition in England, France and Flanders; an educational programme around the exhibition including documentation, games, competitions, archaeological teaching kits; and a reconstruction of the boat using different scales and sizes.

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