The paper deals with the ancient seamanship (navigation techniques and practices, but also the broader nautical culture), through a comparative investigation with ethnographic data on traditional seamanship from the 19th to the first half of the 20th century. Thanks to a correct methodological analysis of the ethnographic data, many coincidences can be found between antiquity and tradition, both as expressions of a long-lasting continuity and as technical-practical responses to needs that remained substantially similar until the end of transportation and fishing by sail.
Il contributo è dedicato alla nautica antica (tecniche e pratiche di navigazione, ma anche cultura nautica nel senso più ampio), in un'ottica comparata col dato etnografico relativo alla marineria tradizionale del XIX-prima metà del XX secolo. Attraverso un'analisi metodologicamente corretta del dato etnografico, si possono riscontrare molte coincidenze tra antichità e tradizione, sia come espressioni di una continuità di lunga durata sia come risposte tecnico-pratiche ad esigenze rimaste sostanzialmente simili fino al tramonto della vela.
Stefano Medas (2004). Nautica tradizionale e navigazione antica. Rimini : Raffaelli.
Nautica tradizionale e navigazione antica
Stefano Medas
2004
Abstract
The paper deals with the ancient seamanship (navigation techniques and practices, but also the broader nautical culture), through a comparative investigation with ethnographic data on traditional seamanship from the 19th to the first half of the 20th century. Thanks to a correct methodological analysis of the ethnographic data, many coincidences can be found between antiquity and tradition, both as expressions of a long-lasting continuity and as technical-practical responses to needs that remained substantially similar until the end of transportation and fishing by sail.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


