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New developments in submerged prehistoric archaeology: an overview. / Bailey, Geoff.
Prehistoric Archaeology of the Continental Shelf: a Global Review. ed. / Amanda M. Evans; Joseph C. Flatman; Nicholas C. Flemming. New York : Springer, 2014. p. 291-300.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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TY - CHAP
T1 - New developments in submerged prehistoric archaeology: an overview
AU - Bailey, Geoff
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Research on the archaeology of the continental shelf has made slow and intermittent progress over the past 40 years amidst an ongoing mood of scepticism in the wider scientific and archaeological community, but with a marked acceleration of interest and investment of new resources during the past decade. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that relevant evidence is now being retrieved and systematically examined across the world in all the major continents and in deeper as well as shallower water, and that new ideas and new data are now providing the momentum for future development. This chapter draws on examples from the other chapters in the volume to reflect on the history of developments in this field and the shifts in the climate of opinion that have led to increasing acceptance of its importance; the research questions that are now coming more clearly into focus and the directions they suggest for the future; and the challenges of developing purposeful strategies of exploration and discovery of new material.
AB - Research on the archaeology of the continental shelf has made slow and intermittent progress over the past 40 years amidst an ongoing mood of scepticism in the wider scientific and archaeological community, but with a marked acceleration of interest and investment of new resources during the past decade. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that relevant evidence is now being retrieved and systematically examined across the world in all the major continents and in deeper as well as shallower water, and that new ideas and new data are now providing the momentum for future development. This chapter draws on examples from the other chapters in the volume to reflect on the history of developments in this field and the shifts in the climate of opinion that have led to increasing acceptance of its importance; the research questions that are now coming more clearly into focus and the directions they suggest for the future; and the challenges of developing purposeful strategies of exploration and discovery of new material.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-4614-9634-2
SP - 291
EP - 300
BT - Prehistoric Archaeology of the Continental Shelf
A2 - Evans, Amanda M.
A2 - Flatman, Joseph C.
A2 - Flemming, Nicholas C.
PB - Springer
CY - New York
ER -