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Zusatztext Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This Handbook sets out the key issues and debates in the theory and practice of wetland archaeology which has played a crucial role in studies of our past. Due to the high quantity of preserved organic materials found in humid environments, the study of wetlands has allowed archaeologists to reconstruct people's everyday lives in great detail. 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 B...
