Geology and Archaeology: Submerged Landscapes of the Continental shelf

TY - BOOK

T1 - Geology and Archaeology

T2 - Submerged Landscapes of the Continental shelf

AU - Bailey, Geoff

A2 - Harff, Jan

A2 - Lüth, Friedrich

PY - 2016/1

Y1 - 2016/1

N2 - Sea level change has influenced human population globally since prehistoric times. Even in early phases of cultural development human populations were faced with marine regression and transgression as a result of changing climate and corresponding glacio-isostatic adjustment. Global marine regression during the last glaciation changed the palaeogeography of the continental shelf, converting former marine environments to attractive terrestrial habitats for prehistoric humans. These areas of the shelf were used as hunting and gathering areas, as migration routes between continents, and most probably witnessed the earliest developments in seafaring and marine exploitation, until the postglacial transgression re-submerged these palaeo-landscapes. Based on modern marine research technologies and the integration of large data bases, proxy-data are increasingly available for the reconstruction of Quaternary submerged landscapes; and prehistoric archaeological remains from the recent sea bottom are shedding new light on human prehistoric development driven by rapidly changing climate and environment. The publication will contribute to exchange of ideas and new results in this young and challenging field of underwater palaeoenvironmental investigation

AB - Sea level change has influenced human population globally since prehistoric times. Even in early phases of cultural development human populations were faced with marine regression and transgression as a result of changing climate and corresponding glacio-isostatic adjustment. Global marine regression during the last glaciation changed the palaeogeography of the continental shelf, converting former marine environments to attractive terrestrial habitats for prehistoric humans. These areas of the shelf were used as hunting and gathering areas, as migration routes between continents, and most probably witnessed the earliest developments in seafaring and marine exploitation, until the postglacial transgression re-submerged these palaeo-landscapes. Based on modern marine research technologies and the integration of large data bases, proxy-data are increasingly available for the reconstruction of Quaternary submerged landscapes; and prehistoric archaeological remains from the recent sea bottom are shedding new light on human prehistoric development driven by rapidly changing climate and environment. The publication will contribute to exchange of ideas and new results in this young and challenging field of underwater palaeoenvironmental investigation

M3 - Anthology

SN - 978-1-86239-691-3

VL - 411

T3 - Geology Society of London Special Publications

BT - Geology and Archaeology

PB - Geological Society of London Special Publication

CY - London

ER -