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A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon . Monoxylon ( μονόξυλον ) (pl: monoxyla ) is Greek – mono- (single) + ξύλον xylon (tree) – and is mostly used in classic Greek texts.
The state has the most dugout canoes in the western hemisphere, said Sam Wilford, the deputy state archaeologist for the State of Florida. As of Ensley’s writing in 2010, state and university ...
A pirogue (/ p ɪ ˈ r oʊ ɡ / or / ˈ p iː r oʊ ɡ /), [1] also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish piragua [piˈɾaɣwa] , which comes from the Carib piraua .
Lenape canoes were dugout canoes of Lenapehoking. Tree trunks used were primarily of the American tulip tree ( Delaware : mùxulhemënshi , "tree from which canoes are made"), and also of elm , white oak , chestnut or red cedar .
Experts at the local historical society – which recovered a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in November 2021 – thought it was a joke, Channel 3000 reported. It wasn’t. It wasn’t.
A dugout is a canoe hollowed from a tree trunk. The oldest known canoe is the dugout Pesse canoe found in the Netherlands. [25] According to C14 dating analysis it was constructed somewhere between 8200 and 7600 BC. [25] This canoe is exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands. Another dugout, almost as old, has been found at Noyen ...
A seagoing dugout canoe. The canoes are made by carving solid logs, usually of red cedar but in some areas of Sitka spruce or cottonwood.The boats were typically widened beyond the original diameter of the log by spreading the sides after a steam-softening process.
11 ancient canoes were discovered buried in a Wisconsin lake, the oldest dating back 4,500 years ago. The range ages of these canoes may signify they were stored during winters, possibly ...