Also have zero knowledge myself of BA ship construction, I'm afraid, but this is where I'd probably start looking for more info! www.sidestone.com/books/seafar... (open access)

Thanks Theo! Yeah thought maybe someone with more knowledge might have a different suggestion than the usual handbooks but can recommend those as a starting point and Beyond Thalassocracies if feeling extremely keen!

Early-Middle Bronze Age, specifically in the Cyclades, is what I'm asking about

I know Eric's work of course! Student looking for something about a much earlier period, not the end of the Bronze Age

Caecilius est in horto!

But the one I'm currently using for the first time (McKeown) doesn't seem to believe in composing anything longer than a sentence. So all the reading exercises are "work out the answers to these comprehension questions despite not knowing any of the grammar or vocab yet"...

Yeah based purely on ch.2 I doubt I will be using anything else from there...

Aha this looks ideal (until the second chapter where they already start doing conditionals?!)

Hah yes I *learned* from that book a long time ago! Scintilla cenam parat et cetera... Just managed to find an online version and if I change the gender of Argus the dog that works pretty well 😄

Yeah, we don't have huge amounts to give (could never fund a project!) so small grants lets us at least help with v specific "I need to pay conference fees/image publication costs/childcare while I attend an event/etc" type needs (list definitely not exhaustive!)

(You have to be a WCC member but if you aren't already you can still apply and we just take the membership fee out of the grant. Which for students/un- and under-employed researchers is only £5)

This is *extremely* small, but people working in ancient history (broadly conceived, and not just classical) would be eligible for the Women's Classical Committee's small grants scheme (up to £150).

wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/initiatives/...

collectedbooks.co.uk - fiction, non-fiction, kids', etc, all written by women. And a cafe! Compulsory visit if you're ever in Durham 😀

Just put my order in at the independent feminist bookstore in Durham and also ended up recommending it to the person behind me in the queue, who heard me ordering and asked what it was! 😀