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Pirogues of Madagascar Pirogues, Niger A pirogue on the Niger River in Mali Statuette Karajà - Brazil - MHNT. 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 ...
One of the canoes displayed in the Carnavalet Museum Dugout canoe displayed in the Carnavalet Museum. The Pirogues de Bercy are a group of dugout canoes (or fragments of canoes) dating from the Neolithic period that were discovered in 1989 during construction work in the 12th arrondissement, a neighbourhood located in southeastern Paris.
Some, but not all, pirogues are also constructed in this manner. Dugouts are the oldest boat type archaeologists have found, dating back about 8,000 years to the Neolithic Stone Age . [ 1 ] This is probably because they are made of massive pieces of wood, which tend to preserve better than others, such as bark canoes .
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18th century half galley or periagua. Periagua (from Spanish piragua, in turn derived from the Carib language word for dugout) is the term formerly used in the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard of North America for a range of small craft including canoes and small sailing vessels.
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