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Vernacular watercraft : in concept and in practice -- Improvise, adapt, overcome : vernacular boats as environmental adaptations -- The Caymania catboat -- The Bergatín, a little known craft from the early Spanish period in the new world -- Expressions of a dying tradition : vernacular watercraft in Apalachicola, Florida -- Some assembly required : the analysis and reassembly of the Larkin boat, a vernacular watercraft recovered from Gregory Mill Creek in Liberty County, Florida -- Born on the Bayou : Louisiana's vernacular constructed watercraft -- The watercraft of Castle Island, Washington, North Carolina -- The shallop of Hart's Cove -- Cultural transmissions of the "Biscayne Shallop" in the gulf of St. Lawrence, 1560-1750 -- The Batteau Plat of New France : its origin, construction, and design -- Vernacular craft of the North American Great Lakes -- The support system for the riverine trade in the United States -- The mini-fleet of Emerald Bay : recreational vernacular watercraft -- Getting a handle on the Georgia Strait handlines, a vernacular boat from British Columbia. |
