Introduction: Prehistoric remains on the continental shelf - Why do sites and landscapes survive?
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
- Nicholas C. Flemming
- Jan Harff
- Delminda Moura
- Anthony Burgess
- Geoff Bailey
Title of host publication | Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf |
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Date | Published - 6 Jan 2017 |
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Pages | 1-11 |
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Number of pages | 11 |
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Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
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Place of Publication | Chichester |
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Editors | Nicholas C. Flemming, Jan Harff, Delminda Moura, Anthony Burgess, Geoffrey N. Bailey |
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Original language | English |
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ISBN (Print) | 978-1-118-92213-2 |
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This introduction highlights some general issues affecting the survival or destruction of archaeological features, and summarizes the recent history of collaboration associated with the Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf (SPLASHCOS) project and its predecessor, the Deukalion Planning Group project, which gave rise to the work underpinning this book. It explains the rationale for the organization of the volume, outlines its contents, and sets out the conventions and standards used in presenting information. The book starts with a series of three thematic chapters analyzing different environmental marine and coastal processes as they may affect the original location and then the survival of submerged prehistoric sites. In order to investigate oceanographic, paleoclimatic and environmental processes in a consistent way, throughout the varying climatic zones of Europe and the Mediterranean, the authors break the area down into discrete sea basins each of which is examined in a separate chapter.
- archaeological features, coastal processes, continental shelf, environmental processes, Europe, landscapes survive inundation, oceanographic processes, paleoclimatic processes, SPLASHCOS Project, submerged prehistoric sites
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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