Acronym
BOAT 1550 BC
Code
41K01211
Duration
01 August 2009 → 30 June 2014
Funding
European funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
Keywords
bronze age
archaeology
Channel
north sea
Project description
This Interreg-project aims at collaboration between Frenck, english and Flemish partners, buiidling a scale model (1/2) of the Bronze Age boat discovered 20 years ago in Dover. A travelling exhibiton (Boulogne, Ename, Dover) with a trilingual catalogue, three scientific symposia and an archaeological kit for children, as well as other activites, are planned.
Central theme is the Bronze Age (2nd mill. BC) on both sides of the Channel and the North Sea, stressing the similarities between these areas.