Old boat

This area is rich in minerals and has attracted settlers from prehistoric times, the oldest finds have been dated to the mid to late Paleolthic era.
Two VII C BCE boats, one still carrying its cargo of iron ingots, recently found buried in the sands of Playa de la Isla establishes the town as a major Phoenician trading centre.
The boats were made using a technique known as "al casco" in which the keel was laid down forst to which the strakes were joined by tabs of wood, ( a box and dowel method now called biscuit joinery.) The frame was then attached to this structure using beams to fix the hull. Structures were then added to the keel; forming the bow and stern, with the keelson in the centre to hold the cockpit and mast. Appropriate woods were used for each part, in the case of one this was cypress for the keel, fig for the frame, pine for the strakes and olive for the tabs. All was then sealed with a generous coating of pine resin.Weiterlesen