From sea to land and back again: understanding the shifting character of Europe's landscapes and seascapes over the last million years
From sea to land and back again: understanding the shifting character of Europe's landscapes and seascapes over the last million years
The palaeogeography of the northwest margin of Europe has changed markedly, and regularly, since humans first occupied the region around one million years ago (Parfitt et al. 2010). Britain as we know it today has morphed from peninsula to island and back again in response to glacial cycles on at least five occasions over this period. Understanding the timing, nature and extent of these changes is fundamental to appreciating the context within which archaeologically attested activity occurred. That being said, it is argued here that rather than just providing an environmental backdrop to a well-known story, knowledge of the rate, pace and degree of change can provide a secure vantage point from which to reconsider a range of key questions concerning connectivity and social change throughout prehistory
978-1-78297-809-1
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Sturt, Fraser
442e14e1-136f-4159-bd8e-b002bf6b95f6
2015
Sturt, Fraser
442e14e1-136f-4159-bd8e-b002bf6b95f6
Sturt, Fraser
(2015)
From sea to land and back again: understanding the shifting character of Europe's landscapes and seascapes over the last million years.
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Anderson-Whymark, Hugo, Garrow, Duncan and Sturt, Fraser
(eds.)
Continental Connections: Exploring Cross-Channel Relationships from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age.
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The palaeogeography of the northwest margin of Europe has changed markedly, and regularly, since humans first occupied the region around one million years ago (Parfitt et al. 2010). Britain as we know it today has morphed from peninsula to island and back again in response to glacial cycles on at least five occasions over this period. Understanding the timing, nature and extent of these changes is fundamental to appreciating the context within which archaeologically attested activity occurred. That being said, it is argued here that rather than just providing an environmental backdrop to a well-known story, knowledge of the rate, pace and degree of change can provide a secure vantage point from which to reconsider a range of key questions concerning connectivity and social change throughout prehistory
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ISBN: 978-1-78297-809-1
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Hugo Anderson-Whymark
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