The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology
ISBN: 9780199573493 | 0199573492
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/1/2013
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The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology is the most comprehensive survey of global wetland archaeology ever published. Well known for the spectacular quality of its surviving evidence, from both an archaeological and environmental perspective, wetland archaeology enables scholars to investigate and reconstruct past people's dwellings, landscapes, material culture, and daily lives in great detail. Through concise essays written by some of the world's leading scholars inthe field, this Handbook describes the key principles, methodologies, and ... MORE
| Acknowledgements | |
| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| List of Contributors | |
| General introduction to the Handbook | |
| Wetland occupations: a geographical and chronological perspective | |
| Introduction | |
| Europe | |
| Wetland occupations in prehistoric Europe | |
| Europe s wetlands from the Migration Period to the Middle Ages: set... MORE | |
| Occupations of past wetland environments in the United States | |
| People-wetland interaction in Canada | |
| Pre-Columbian people and the wetlands in Central and South America Africa and Asia | |
| People and wetlands in Africa | |
| Wetland Archaeology and the role of marshes in the ancient Middle East | |
| The past Eastern Russian wetlands: review of the prehistoric occupation, chronology, economy, and environment | |
| Prehistoric wetland occupations in the Lower regions of Yangtze River, China | |
| Wetland sites in Japan Oceania | |
| Wetland occupations in New Zealand | |
| Australian wetland occupations before and after the Europeans | |
| Wetland archaeology in the Highlands of New Guinea | |
| Waterlogged archaeological evidence | |
| Introduction | |
| Settlements and habitations | |
| The Alpine region lake-dwellings | |
| Irish and Scottish crannogs | |
| Houses, households and settlements: architecture and living space Material culture | |
| Portable wooden objects from wetlands | |
| Fishing traps and weirs on the Northwest Coast of North America: new approaches and new insights | |
| Bone and antler artefacts in wetland sites Road networks and transport | |
| Trackways and roads across the wetlands | |
| Rivers and lakes: a network of wetland highways Human bodies | |
| Bog bodies: underwater burials, sacrifices and executions | |
| Survey and excavation | |
| Introduction | |
| Survey | |
| Detecting organic materials in waterlogged sediments | |
| Underwater survey and acoustic detection and characterisation of archaeological materials | |
| Archaeological strategies for terrestrial wetland landscapes Excavation | |
| Intertidal survey and excavation | |
| Excavation of wet sites | |
| Multidisciplinary scientific network | |
| Introduction | |
| Archaebotany: the potential of analyses of plant remains from waterlogged archaeological sites | |
| Insect analysis in wetland archaeology | |
| Palaeoecological reconstructions | |
| Geoarchaeological and soil micromorphological studies in wetland archaeology | |
| Ancient DNA research on wetland archaeological evidence | |
| Palaeoclimatology and archaeology in the wetlands Dating methods | |
| Radiocarbon dating of wetland sites | |
| Dendrochronology in wetland archaeology | |
| Lacustrine varve counting as a dating technique: advantages and disadvantages | |
| A vulnerable cultural heritage: preservation and conservation | |
| Introduction | |
| Preservation | |
| Preservation against erosion: protecting lake shores and coastal environments Artefact conservation | |
| A review of current post-excavation treatment methods for waterlogged organic archaeological materials: the last 20 years Political actions | |
| National and international wetland management policies | |
| Wet Site Archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America and the Native Communities involvement in Managing their Wetland Heritage Sites | |
| Changing research attitude: towards one archaeology | |
| Introduction | |
| Wetland Archaeology in the twenty-first century: adapting to climate change | |
| Life history approaches and wetland habitation: a later prehistoric case study from the Dutch delta | |
| Rhythm of wetland life: seasonality and sociality | |
| Towards an Anthropology of Wetland Archaeology: Hunter-Gatherers and Wetlands in Theory and Practice | |
| Long-distance trade routes linked to wetland settlements | |
| Integrating dry lands and wetlands in late prehistoric farming regimes | |
| People, lakes and forest in the Baltic region: a prehistoric perspective | |
| Wetland archaeology and the public | |
| Introduction | |
| Wetland archaeology in the media and the popular literature: beyond the scholarly taboos of the twentieth century, back to the pioneers | |
| Informing the public: bridging the gap between experts and enthusiasts | |
| Museum exhibitions, open-air museums and hands-on archaeology | |
| The lake-dwelling diaspora: museums, private collectors and the evolution of ethics in archaeology | |
| Epilogue: Reflections and future perspectives | |
| Introduction | |
| The archaeology of wetlands: a personal journey | |
| Concluding remarks and future perspectives | |
| Index | |
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Francesco Menotti is Professor of Archaology at the Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University. He has been involved in wetland archaeological research for fifteen years, working on various projects in different parts of Europe. His publications include 'The missing period': Middle Bronze Age lake-dwellings in the Alps (2001), Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe (2004), and Wetland Archaeology and Beyond: Theory and Practice (OUP, 2012).
Dr Aidan O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has directed many wetland archaeological projects in estuaries, lakes, rivers and boglands, and is the author of numerous books and papers on wetland archaeology, including The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland (1998) and Rethinking Wetland Archaeology (2006).
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