Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea
Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K.; Fitch, S. (2007). Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. Archaeopress: Oxford. ISBN 978-1-905739-14-1. 131 pp.
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- Gaffney, V.
- Thomson, K.
- Fitch, S.
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- Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K. (2007). Mapping Doggerland, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 1-9, more
- Bunch, M.; Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K. (2007). Coordinating marine survey data sources, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 11-22, more
- Thomson, K.; Gaffney, V. (2007). 3D seismic reflection data, associated technologies and the development of the project methodology, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 23-31, more
- Fitch, S.; Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K. (2007). Merging technologies: integration and visualisation of spatial data, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 33-41, more
- Briggs, K.H.; Thomson, K.; Gaffney, V. (2007). A geomorphological investigation of submerged depositional features within the Outer Silver Pit, Southern North Sea, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 43-59, more
- Holford, S.; Thomson, K.; Gaffney, V. (2007). Salt tectonics in the Southern North Sea: controls on Late Pleistocene-Holocene geomorphology, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 61-65, more
- Fitch, S.; Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K.; Briggs, K.H.; Bunch, M.; Holford, S. (2007). An atlas of the palaeolandscapes of the Southern North Sea, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 67-91, more
- Smith, D.N.; Hill, T.C.B.; Gearey, B.R.; Fitch, S.; Holford, S.; Howard, A.J.; Jolliffe, C. (2007). The potential of the organic archive for environmental reconstruction: an assessment of selected borehole sediments from the Southern North Sea, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 93-104, more
- Fitch, S.; Gaffney, V.; Thomson, K. (2007). The archaeology of the North Sea palaeolandscapes, in: Gaffney, V. et al. Mapping Doggerland: The mesolithic landscapes of the Southern North Sea. pp. 105-118, more
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| Abstract |
The prehistoric landscapes of the North Sea basin are amongst the most enigmatic archaeological landscapes in northwestern Europe. Whilst the region contains one of the most extensive and, probably, best preserved hunter-gatherer landscapes in Europe, global warming resulted in the loss of a vast area of habitable land over a period of c.11,000 years. The challenge to investigate, interpret and manage the heritage of this extraordinary, but largely inaccessible landscape is enormous. 3D seismic datasets, acquired to explore deep geology, present a major opportunity to explore this landscape at a regional scale. The North Sea Palaeolandscapes Project utilised c. 23,000 km2 of 3D seismic data to provide detailed digital mapping of Late Pleistocene and Holocene topographic features across the area. This publication provides an assessment of the archaeological potential of the interpreted landscape and related environmental sources. It outlines associated archaeological issues, a methodology for implementing historic landscape characterisation within the area, as well as an assessment of data sources for further exploration of the British coastal shelf. The results of this study will be of interest to archaeologists, geomorphologists and cultural resource managers working in analogous environments, whilst the methodology outlined may be applied to similar landscapes with comparable supporting data. |
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