The lowlands of the Humber Basin form one of Britain's most extensive wetland areas. This book reveals for the first time the buried ancient landscapes which lie under the peat. It is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project, which aimed to identify and explore this archaeology before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Since waterlogging inhibits the decomposition of organic remains, wetland areas form a rich archaeological resource.
The lowlands of the Humber Basin form one of Britain's most extensive wetland areas. This book reveals for the first time the buried ancient landscape...
The Journal of Wetland Archaeology is the journal of the Wetland Archaeological Research Project (WARP) and the University of Exeter Centre for Wetland Research. Contents Research Papers. Wood resources and their exploitation during the Iron Age occupation of the fens of Midden-Delfland, The Netherlands ( Cees Koot and Corrie Bakels ); The Squaxin Island Tribe and South Puget Sound Community College: Native American coordination. An example of sharing the resource ( Rhonda Foster and Dale Croes ); Why did Maori bury artefacts in the wetlands of pre-contact Aotearoa/New Zealand? (...
The Journal of Wetland Archaeology is the journal of the Wetland Archaeological Research Project (WARP) and the University of Exeter Centre for Wetlan...