Mapping Doggerland: The Mesolithic Landscapes of the Southern North Sea
Vincent Gaffney
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Paperback. Oxbow says: Mapping Doggerland documents the methodology and results of an innovative project to investigate a large area of the Southern North Sea, submerged during the last Glacial Maximum between 10,000 and 7500 bp. Num Pages: 131 pages, col pls and figs, tbs. BIC Classification: 1QSF; HDDA; HDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 506.
12,000 years ago the area that now forms the southern North Sea was dry land: a vast plain populated by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. By 5,500 BC the entire area had disappeared beneath the sea as a consequence of rising sea levels. Until now, this unique landscape remained hidden from view and almost entirely unknown. The North Sea Palaeolandscape Project, funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, have mapped 23,000 km2 of this lost world using seismic data collected for mineral exploration. Mapping Doggerland demonstrates that the North Sea covers one of the largest and ... Read more
12,000 years ago the area that now forms the southern North Sea was dry land: a vast plain populated by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. By 5,500 BC the entire area had disappeared beneath the sea as a consequence of rising sea levels. Until now, this unique landscape remained hidden from view and almost entirely unknown. The North Sea Palaeolandscape Project, funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, have mapped 23,000 km2 of this lost world using seismic data collected for mineral exploration. Mapping Doggerland demonstrates that the North Sea covers one of the largest and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Archaeopress Archaeology
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905739141
SKU
V9781905739141
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