Coastal Landscapes Of The Mesolithic

Author : Almut Schülke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351398817

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Coastal Landscapes of the Mesolithic by Almut Schülke Pdf

Coastal Landscapes of the Mesolithic: Human Engagement with the Coast from the Atlantic to the Baltic Sea explores the character and significance of coastal landscapes in the Mesolithic – on different scales and with various theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. Mesolithic people were strongly connected to the sea, with coastal areas vital for subsistence and communication across the water. This anthology includes case studies from Scandinavia, western Europe and the Baltic area, presented by key international researchers. Topics addressed include large-scale analyses of the archaeological and geological development of coastal areas, the exploration of coastal environments with interdisciplinary methods, the discussion of the character of coastal settlements and of their possible networks, social and economic practices along the coast, as well as perceptions and cosmological aspects of coastal areas. Together, these topics and approaches contribute in an innovative way to the understanding of the complexity of topographically changing coastal areas as both border zones between land and sea and as connecting landscapes. Providing novel insights into the study of the Mesolithic as well as coastal areas and landscapes in general, the book is an important resource for researchers of the Mesolithic and coastal archaeology.

Author : Geoff Bailey,Nena Galanidou,Hans Peeters,Hauke Jöns,Moritz Mennenga
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030373672

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The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes by Geoff Bailey,Nena Galanidou,Hans Peeters,Hauke Jöns,Moritz Mennenga Pdf

This open access volume provides for the first time a comprehensive description and scientific evaluation of underwater archaeological finds referring to human occupation of the continental shelf around the coastlines of Europe and the Mediterranean when sea levels were lower than present. These are the largest body of underwater finds worldwide, amounting to over 2500 find spots, ranging from individual stone tools to underwater villages with unique conditions of preservation. The material reviewed here ranges in date from the Lower Palaeolithic period to the Bronze Age and covers 20 countries bordering all the major marine basins from the Atlantic coasts of Ireland and Norway to the Black Sea, and from the western Baltic to the eastern Mediterranean. The finds from each country are presented in their archaeological context, with information on the history of discovery, conditions of preservation and visibility, their relationship to regional changes in sea-level and coastal geomorphology, and the institutional arrangements for their investigation and protection. Editorial introductions summarise the findings from each of the major marine basins. There is also a final section with extensive discussion of the historical background and the legal and regulatory frameworks that inform the management of the underwater cultural heritage and collaboration between offshore industries, archaeologists and government agencies. The volume is based on the work of COST Action TD0902 SPLASHCOS, a multi-disciplinary and multi-national research network supported by the EU-funded COST organisation (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). The primary readership is research and professional archaeologists, marine and Quaternary scientists, cultural-heritage managers, commercial and governmental organisations, policy makers, and all those with an interest in the sea floor of the continental shelf and the human impact of changes in climate, sea-level and coastal geomorphology.

Author : F. A. Aberg,Carenza Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053751437

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The Rising Tide by F. A. Aberg,Carenza Lewis Pdf

The zone where sea meets land is an ever-changing environment, which often reveals fascinating details of human occupation and exploitation of the landscape. This fragile historic environment also creates both research and management problems. The papers published in this book were given at a joint conference of the Nautical Archaeology Society and the Society for Landscape Studies. They review various aspects of and approaches to archaeological research in British coastal landscapes, bringing together research from two traditionally separate disciplines; terrestrial and maritime archaeology.

Author : Peter Moe Astrup
Publisher : Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Mesolithic period
ISBN : 8793423292

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Sea-level Changes in Mesolithic Southern Scandinavia by Peter Moe Astrup Pdf

The seabed in southern Scandinavia contains numerous traces of a submerged prehistoric landscapes. Large parts of this landscape were gradually flooded by rising seas between 9500 and 4000 BC and perceptions of the Maglemose culture (9500-6400 BC) have consequently been based almost exclusively on former inland settlements. This book investigate two questions that are directly related to our current understanding of the populations of the now submerged areas: 1) Do we have a repreƯsentative picture of the spread of Early Mesolithic sites in southern Scandinavia, or does the weighting towards inland sites reflect the fact that coastal sites have not been identified below present-day sea-level? 2) How did sea-level rise impact Mesolithic populations at different temporal and spatial scales, and how were these experienced from 8000-4000 BC? These questions are examined in the light of eight new coastline models that are made to determine the Mesolithic coastline positions and to facilitate new evaluations of possible relationships between sea-level changes and cultural changes.

Author : Peter Vos
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789491431821

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Origin of the Dutch coastal landscape by Peter Vos Pdf

The topic of this book is the Origin of the Dutch coastal landscape during the Holocene. ­ The landscape evolution is vizualized in series of palaeogeographical maps and the driving mechanisms behind the environmental changes are discussed. The practice to make palaeogeographical map reconstructions in the Netherlands developed after the Second World War when a lot of regional geological and soil scientific mapping programs were carried out by government institutions and universities. These maps show when and how the surveyed sediments were formed. The palaeogeographical map reconstructions are subsequently used for the understanding and modelling of the long-term coastal evolution, coastal-management issues, landscape-archaeological purposes and for education and public information reasons. Geoarchaeological investigations play an important role in this study. Geological and palaeo-environmental data from archaeological excavations (‘key sites') provided essential information for the palaeolandscape reconstructions. In the presented regional- and local-case studies of this book, examples of these sites are shown.

Author : Vincent Gaffney,Simon Fitch
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803272696

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Europe's Lost Frontiers: Volume 1 by Vincent Gaffney,Simon Fitch Pdf

Europe’s Lost Frontiers was the largest directed archaeological research project in Europe, investigating the inundated landscapes of the Early Holocene North Sea – often referred to as ‘Doggerland’. The first in a series of monographs presenting the results of the project, this book provides the context of the study and method statements.

Author : Graeme Warren
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789256840

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Hunter-Gatherer Ireland by Graeme Warren Pdf

Explores the Irish Mesolithic - the period after the end of the last Ice Age when Ireland was home to hunter-gatherer communities, mostly from about 10,000-6,000 years ago. At this time, Ireland was an island world, with striking similarities and differences to its European neighbours - not least in terms of the terrestrial ecology created by its island status. To understand the communities of hunter-gatherers who lived there, it is essential that we consider the connections established between people and the other beings and materials with which they shared the world and through which they grew into it. Understanding the Mesolithic means paying attention to the animals, plants, spirits and things with which hunting and gathering groups formed kinship relationships and in collaboration with which they experienced life. The book closes with a reflection on hunting and gathering in Ireland today. The overriding aim of the book is to provide a point of entry into the lives of the Irish Mesolithic, to show the different ways in which people have lived on this island, and to show how we might narrate those lives.

Author : Huw Groucutt,Amy Prendergast,Felix Riede
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832504048

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Extreme Events in Human Evolution: From the Pliocene to the Anthropocene by Huw Groucutt,Amy Prendergast,Felix Riede Pdf

Author : Robert Van de Noort
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191634376

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North Sea Archaeologies by Robert Van de Noort Pdf

This innovative study offers an up-to-date analysis of the archaeology of the North Sea. Robert Van de Noort traces the way people engaged with the North Sea from the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 BC, to the close of the Middle Ages, about AD 1500. Van de Noort draws upon archaeological research from many countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium and France, and addresses topics which include the first interactions of people with the emerging North Sea, the origin and development of fishing, the creation of coastal landscapes, the importance of islands and archipelagos, the development of seafaring ships and their use by early seafarers and pirates, and the treatments of boats and ships at the end of their useful lives.

Author : Marcy Rockman,James Steele
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0415256062

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Colonization of Unfamiliar Landscapes by Marcy Rockman,James Steele Pdf

A series of case studies examines the archaeological evidence for and interpretations of landscape learning from the movement of the first pre-modern humans into Europe to the English colonists at Jamestown.

Author : Martin Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133573258

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Prehistoric Coastal Communities by Martin Bell Pdf

Providing evidence about prehistoric life in Britain, this book focuses on the little studied communities of the South West and Wales. It offers useful case studies from nationally important Bronze Age sites such as Brean Down on the Somerset Levels.

Author : John Hunter,Ian Ralston
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9780415135887

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The Archaeology of Britain by John Hunter,Ian Ralston Pdf

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to all the archaeological periods covering Britain from early prehistory to the industrial revolution. It provides a one-stop textbook for the entire archaeology of Britain.

Author : Richard Nairn
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780717192779

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Wild Shores by Richard Nairn Pdf

Following the Irish coast in a clockwise direction, acclaimed ecologist Richard Nairn travels by boat, on foot and sometimes by air to visit the best remaining wild places, including islands, cliffs, beaches and dunes. The result is a unique mix of nature, history, science and a reflection on the author's personal experiences of exploring Ireland's coast. By viewing the Irish coastline from the sea, Richard gains a unique perspective on the island. And along the way, he recalls a lifetime spent studying nature. 'An affectionate and timely celebration of Ireland's richly varied coastline' Bryan Dobson 'A great read – whatever part of the coast you visit' Éanna Ní Lamhna 'A brilliant and timely odyssey around our precious, precarious shores' Professor John Brannigan, University College Dublin 'An exhilarating journey right around our coastline' Paddy Woodworth, Journalist and author 'An intimate, inspiring and lovely read about Ireland's shorelines: its places and spaces' Professor Robert Devoy, Lead Editor of The Coastal Atlas of Ireland

Author : Catherine Barnett,Thomas Walker
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803270852

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Environment, Archaeology and Landscape: Papers in honour of Professor Martin Bell by Catherine Barnett,Thomas Walker Pdf

Dedicated to Martin Bell (University of Reading), this book outlines how wetland and inland environments can be related and investigated using multi-method approaches. Papers fall under three themes: coastal and intertidal archaeology; mobility and human-environment relationships; heritage resource management, nature conservation and rewilding.

Author : Andrew Davidson
Publisher : CBA Research Report
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111577073

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The Coastal Archaeology of Wales by Andrew Davidson Pdf

This report presents the findings of CADW funded surveys carried out between 1993 and 1998 on the Welsh coastal zone and discusses the broader implications of the project. The contributors define what is meant by coastal archaeology and outline the methodology of the surveys, before presenting a chronological overview of their results, of the location, type and importance of sites threatened by natural erosion, the construction of sea defences and of harbour and port facilities for example. Moreover, this report looks at priorities for the future and stresses the urgent need for archaeological representation on national forums and committees and in any decision-making that threatens the heritage of the Welsh coastline.