Ancient shipbuilding techniques

Ancient boat building methods can be categorized as one of hide, log, sewn, lashed-plank, clinker (and reverse-clinker), shell-first, and frame-first.

Regardless of differences in ship construction techniques, the vessels of the ancient world, particularly those that plied the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the islands of Southeast Asia were seaworthy craft, capable of allowing people to engage in large-scale maritime trade.

[1] The earliest archaeological evidence comes from dugout canoes found in peat bogs in Pesse, the Netherlands, and dates to around 8000 years ago.

[6] Dugout boats were made wherever trees grew large enough to support them, including Holocene Europe, Northeastern Nigeria[7] [2] the West Coast of America,[8] and Polynesian seafarers.

Fastenings of this type have been demonstrated to perform well in coastal regions, being capable of withstanding the rigors of heavy surf as well as the impact of beaching.