Images out of water: Interpreting the Karlby Stone
Elizabeth le Bon
Abstract The use of graffito images representing ships as historical sources has largely concentrated on the technical information they appear to contain. Their form and detail have been read being realistically depicted, their material, cultural or compositional contexts, where exist, arc often unreported. Using a sample study pebble carved with two complete images, it is argued that however simple casual these may be, must be interpreted in terms artistic style conventions, well contextual relationships, before contribution nautical history evaluated.
World Archaeology