Talk:Treenailed boat
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This is not a type of boat. Treenails are a type of fastener used to construct ships. Nor is a treenailed boat necessarily a Northern European technology. There are Asian examples dating back to "From the eighth century onwards, shipbuilding technology evolved towards treenails as a primary fastening technique. This is best demonstrated by the remains of three boats found in Sambijero, Indonesia (one of which dated to 610-775 AD) which features not only lashings between the planks, but also treenails as the essential fastening method (McGrail, 2001 pp. 298)." [1] The same reference referred to treenails as a neolithic boatbuilding traditionNewGert (talk) 06:00, 6 August 2019 (UTC)