Víctor M. Guerrero Ayuso

Grafito con temática naval del Geométrico griego. A propósito de las galeras eubeas con pie de mástil sobre caballete

This article analyses an engraving with a naval theme that is highly useful in ascertaining and correctly identifying pre-classical Euboean galleys, a kind of vessel with different elements of naval architecture from its contemporaries in Attica and the Peloponnesian Islands. One extraordinarily interesting aspect is that the author of this engraving was a sailor, which endows this iconographic document with a highly significant testimonial value.

Barcas de Ubaid: navegaciones predinásticas en el Golfo Pérsico

Pre-dynastic communities in Lower Mesopotamia did not produce such abundant or so detailed iconographic work as the Egyptians. This no doubt explains why their seafaring capacity has not been fairly assessed in written history. Recent iconographic and archaeological finds corresponding to the Ubaid culture have clearly demonstrated that sea voyages to Qatar and Dubai were a well-established fact in the mid 6th millennium cal. BC. In this paper, a review is made of all documentation relative to the nautical activities of the Ubaid people, pointing out that all categories of boats (reed boats and guffas) had been fully developed by this period.