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Tables of Contents for The Trireme Project
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
viii
Acknowledgements
ix
Names of Trials Staff 1990
xi
xii
Introduction
xiii
A Summary of the Trireme Controversy
1
3
Experimental Archaeology and the Trireme
4
7
Triereis: The Evidence from Antiquity
11
10
The Design of an Experimental Trireme
21
8
Rigging the Olympias - A Reconstructed Trireme
29
10
The Voyage and Speed Trials of Olympias in 1990
39
6
The Resistance/Speed Curve of Olympias Timothy Shaw with a section on rudder resistance
45
3
Should the Oars be rigged Aft or Forward of the Tholepins?
48
2
Rowing Olympias: A Matter of Skill
50
8
Rowing Olympias: Further Lessons of the Sea Trials
58
11
Rowing Astern
69
2
Development of the Design
71
4
The Meshing of the Oars in Olympias and in a ``Stretched'' Design
75
3
Carrying Troops in Triremes
78
4
Speculations on fitting hypozomata
82
5
Hauling a Trireme Out on a Slip or a Beach
87
4
What Constitutes a ``Better Sailing'' Ship?
91
4
Notes on Ian Whitehead's Article on ``Better Sailing''
Mooring
95
4
Steering to Ram: The Diekplous and Periplous Timothy Shaw with a section
99
6
Is Olympias a Trireme?
105
3
Lessons Learned
108
2
The Sea Trials and Validity of the Reconstruction in Retrospect, and Aims for the Future
110
4
Annexes:
The Trireme Trust USA
112
1
The Trireme Trust UK
113
1
Glossary
114
3
Index
117