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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 in the field, this Handbook describes the key principles, methodologies, and revealing results of past and present archaeological investigations of wetland environments. The volume provides unique insights into past human interactions with lakes, bogs, rivers, and coastal marshlands across the world from prehistory to modern times. Opening with a detailed introduction by the editors, the Handbook is divided into seven parts and contains 54 essays and over 230 photographs, figures, maps, and graphs.

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Author:   Francesco Menotti (Professor of Archaeology, Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University) ,  Aidan O'Sullivan (Senior Lecturer, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.002kg
ISBN:  

9780199573493

ISBN 10:   0199573492
Pages:   970
Publication Date:   20 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1: Francesco Menotti and Aidan O Sullivan: General introduction to the Handbook Part 1: Wetland occupations: a geographical and chronological perspective Introduction Europe 2: Francesco Menotti: Wetland occupations in prehistoric Europe 3: Aidan O Sullivan: Europe s wetlands from the Migration Period to the Middle Ages: settlement, exploitation and transformation, AD 400-1500 The Americas 4: Barbara, A. Purdy: Occupations of past wetland environments in the United States 5: Kathryn Bernick: People-wetland interaction in Canada 6: Tim Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach: Pre-Columbian people and the wetlands in Central and South America Africa and Asia 7: Peter Mitchell: People and wetlands in Africa 8: Tony, J. Wilkinson: Wetland Archaeology and the role of marshes in the ancient Middle East 9: Yaroslav, V. Kuzmin: The past Eastern Russian wetlands: review of the prehistoric occupation, chronology, economy, and environment 10: Yunfei Zheng: Prehistoric wetland occupations in the Lower regions of Yangtze River, China 11: Akira Matsui and Tomohiro Inoue: Wetland sites in Japan Oceania 12: Geoffrey Irwin: Wetland occupations in New Zealand 13: Sally Brockwell: Australian wetland occupations before and after the Europeans 14: Chris Ballard, Tim Denham and Simon Haberle: Wetland archaeology in the Highlands of New Guinea Part 2: Waterlogged archaeological evidence Introduction Settlements and habitations 15: Pierre Pétrequin: The Alpine region lake-dwellings 16: Jon Henderson and Robert Sands: Irish and Scottish crannogs 17: Renate Ebersbach: Houses, households and settlements: architecture and living spaces Material culture 18: Robert Sands: Portable wooden objects from wetlands 19: Madonna, L. Moss: Fishing traps and weirs on the Northwest Coast of North America: new approaches and new insights 20: Jörg Schibler: Bone and antler artefacts in wetland sites Road networks and transport 21: Richard Brunning and Conor McDermott: Trackways and roads across the wetlands 22: Fiona Haughey: Rivers and lakes: a network of wetland highways Human bodies 23: Wijnand, A.B. van der Sanden: Bog bodies: underwater burials, sacrifices and executions Part 3: Survey and excavation Introduction Survey 24: Andreas Weller and Andreas Bauerochse: Detecting organic materials in waterlogged sediments 25: Ruth Plets: Underwater survey and acoustic detection and characterisation of archaeological materials 36: Richard Brunning: Archaeological strategies for terrestrial wetland landscapes Excavation 27: Martin Bell: Intertidal survey and excavation 28: Glen, H. Doran: Excavation of wet sites Part 4: Multidisciplinary scientific network Introduction 29: Stefanie Jacomet: Archaebotany: the potential of analyses of plant remains from waterlogged archaeological sites 30: Stephen Davis: Insect analysis in wetland archaeology 31: Ciara Clarke: Palaeoecological reconstructions 32: Charles French: Geoarchaeological and soil micromorphological studies in wetland archaeology 33: Angela Schlumbaum and Ceiridwen J. Edwards: Ancient DNA research on wetland archaeological evidence 34: Michel Magny: Palaeoclimatology and archaeology in the wetlands Dating methods 35: Tom Higham: Radiocarbon dating of wetland sites 36: Andre Billamboz: Dendrochronology in wetland archaeology 37: Hiroyuki Kitagawa: Lacustrine varve counting as a dating technique: advantages and disadvantages Part 5: A vulnerable cultural heritage: preservation and conservation Introduction Preservation 38: Denis Ramseyer: Preservation against erosion: protecting lake shores and coastal environments Artefact conservation 39: Dilys Johns: A review of current post-excavation treatment methods for waterlogged organic archaeological materials: the last 20 years Political actions 40: Adrian Olivier: National and international wetland management policies 41: Dale Croes: Wet Site Archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America and the Native Communities involvement in Managing their Wetland Heritage Sites Part 6: Changing research attitude: towards one archaeology Introduction 42: Robert Van de Noort: Wetland Archaeology in the twenty-first century: adapting to climate change 43: Stijn Arnoldussen: Life history approaches and wetland habitation: a later prehistoric case study from the Dutch delta 44: Mark Harris: Rhythm of wetland life: seasonality and sociality 45: George, P. Nicholas: Towards an Anthropology of Wetland Archaeology: Hunter-Gatherers and Wetlands in Theory and Practice 46: Paolo Bellintani: Long-distance trade routes linked to wetland settlements 47: Kristian Kristiansen: Integrating dry lands and wetlands in late prehistoric farming regimes 48: Peter Bogucki: People, lakes and forest in the Baltic region: a prehistoric perspective Part 7: Wetland archaeology and the public Introduction 49: Marc-Antoine Kaeser: Wetland archaeology in the media and the popular literature: beyond the scholarly taboos of the twentieth century, back to the pioneers 50: Urs Leuzinger: Informing the public: bridging the gap between experts and enthusiasts 51: Gunter Schöbel: Museum exhibitions, open-air museums and hands-on archaeology 52: Bettina Arnold: The lake-dwelling diaspora: museums, private collectors and the evolution of ethics in archaeology Epilogue: Reflections and future perspectives Introduction 53: Charles, F. W. Higham: The archaeology of wetlands: a personal journey 54: Bryony Coles: Concluding remarks and future perspectives Index

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Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf. * Current World Archaeology Magazine *

Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Current World Archaeology Magazine

Author Information

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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