Prehistoric archaeology on the continental shelf
Subtitle: a global review
By: Amanda M. Evans, Joseph C. Flatman, Nicholas C. Flemming, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York; Heidelberg; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781461496342
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Coastal archaeology; Prehistoric Antiquities; Continental shelf; Antiquities; Underwater archaeology; Paleoclimatology; Sea level; Climatic factors; Coast changes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Prehistoric archaeology on the continental shelf : the state of the science in 2013  -- Joseph C. Flatman and Amanda M. Evans -- 2; title: Submerged archaeological landscapes and the recording of precontact history : examples from Atlantic Canada  -- Dominic Lacroix, Trevor Bell, John Shaw and Kieran Westley -- 3; title: Remote sensing, target identification and testing for submerged prehistoric sites in Florida : process and protocol in underwater CRM projects  -- Michael K. Faught -- 4; title: Prehistoric site discovery on the outer continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States of America  -- Charles E. Pearson, Richard A. Weinstein, Sherwood M. Gagliano and David B. Kelley -- 5; title: New evidence for a possible Paleolithic occupation of the eastern North American continental shelf at the Last Glacial Maximum  -- Dennis Stanford, Darrin Lowery, Margaret Jodry, Bruce A. Bradley, Marvin Kay, Thomas W. Stafford and Robert J. Speakman -- 6; title: Gateway to the Americas : underwater archeological survey in Beringia and the North Pacific  -- James E. Dixon and Kelly Monteleone -- 7; title: The inter-tidal zone site of La Olla : early-Middle Holocene human adaptation on the Pampean coast of Argentina  -- María Cristina Bayón and Gustavo G. Politis -- 8; title: Submerged paleolandscapes : Site GNL Quintero 1 (GNLQ1) and the first evidences from the Pacific coast of South America  -- Diego Carabias, Isabel Cartajena, Renato Simonetti, Patricio López, Carla Morales, and Cristina Ortega -- 9; title: Researching, conserving and managing submerged prehistory : national approaches and international collaboration  -- Edward Salter, Peter Murphy and Hans Peeters -- 10; title: Geoarchaeological research strategies in the Baltic Sea area : environmental changes, shoreline-displacement and settlement strategies  -- Hauke Jöns and Jan Harff -- 11; title: Submerged archaeology and cultural responses to climatic amelioration  -- Garry Momber -- 12; title: Heritage management and submerged prehistory in the United Kingdom  -- Andrew Bicket, Antony Firth, Louise Tizzard and Jonathan Benjamin -- 13; title: Recent developments in African offshore prehistoric archaeological research, with an emphasis on South Africa  -- Bruno Werz, Hayley Cawthra and John Compton -- 14; title: Inundated site studies in Australia  -- David Nutley -- 15; title: State and perspectives of submerged sites in Japan  -- Kenzo Hayashida, Jun Kimura and Randall Sasaki -- 16; title: New developments in submerged prehistoric archaeology : an overview -- Geoffrey N. Bailey.