Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology
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Discovery and excavation of submerged prehistoric sites has the potential to shed light on multiple questions concerning human responses to changing climates and coast- lines. However, it is hampered by multiple challenges, not the least... more
This paper discusses territorial markers in the Late Mesolithic based on ethnoarchaeological data as well as findings from modern social psychology. On the basis of the archaeological evidence from Southern Scandinavia, it is suggested... more
Brochure (in Dutch) aimed at collectors about the NWO project Resurfacing Doggerland
Seventeen flakes and 1 unifacial scraper have been recovered from submerged archaeological sites on the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, a landform across the Lake Huron basin that was dry land 7500–9500 years ago. These lithic artifacts—recovered... more
Well preserved food remains from a submerged settlement on the Argus Bank bear witness to the human consumption of fish, game, nuts and fruit. d15N data derived from the bones of the inhabitants show that aquatic food was the dominant... more
Dit publieksboek vertelt het verhaal van één van de belangrijkste, maar minst bekende archeologische vindplaatsen van Europa: Doggerland. Slechts weinigen weten dat onze stranden aan de rand liggen van een enorm verdwenen landschap. Een... more
From 1972 to 2001, extensive archaeological research was performed at the shipwreck of the Henrietta Marie, a London-based slave ship sunk in 1700 at remote New Ground Reef in the western Florida Keys. Between 2001 and 2003, to build upon... more
The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to survive periodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the coastal margins of the peninsula. This paper reviews... more
This dissertation addresses how Paleoindians used the karst drainage of the Aucilla River in northwestern Florida during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition (approximately 15-10,000 14C yr B.P.). I take a geoarchaeological approach to... more
The underwater site of Pavlopetri has most recently been investigated by the joint project of the Ephoreia for Underwater Archaeology and the British School at Athens which conducted field seasons in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In addition to a... more
Η μελέτη αυτή επικεντρώνεται στην αρχαιολογική μαρτυρία της Κρήτης κατά την Παλαιολιθική εποχή, εξετάζοντας τα ευρήματα από την Νότια Κρήτη και την Γαύδο. Ασχολείται με την υπόθεση για μετακινήσεις μέσω θαλάσσης κατά το Πλειστόκαινο στο... more
"For most of prehistory, global sea level was lower than today. Important events in human development, such as hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene Ice Age, the recolonization of formerly glaciated terrain, and the spread of... more
In this paper the morphology of the Great Shigir Idol’s head and face carving is analyzed in comparison with the row of carved anthropomorphic sculptures made of wood and other raw materials, found at the territory of Europe and... more
The karst systems of the Yucatan Peninsula, most of them submerged, have long held the potential for Pleistocene aged fossil deposits. Since the late 1980s, cave diving explorers have been mapping these systems and, in the course of... more
Offshore submerged sites can retain valuable data concerning many questions of interest to archaeology, including what form coastal occupations may have taken during periods before the establishment of modern coastlines and late Holocene... more
Doggerland was a landmass occupying an area currently covered by the North Sea until marine inundation took place during the mid-Holocene, ultimately separating the British landmass from the rest of Europe. The Storegga Event, which... more
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The purpose with this composition was to interpret prehistoric remains, located under water in the Huskvarna Bay. This was done by studying existing dokuments and by interviewing people who has done research in this area. As a complement,... more
We present here the earliest evidence for large-scale table olive production from the mid-7th millennium BP inundated site of Hishuley Carmel on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. Olive pit size and fragmentation patterns,... more
Ubaid pottery was famously recorded by H. R. Hall during the excavation of a tell mound at Al cUbaid, and for nearly half a century became associated with the origins of urbanisation and developments in social hierarchy in southern... more
"Pavlopetri, off the coast of Laconia, Greece, is a submerged prehistoric town, which consists of intact building foundations, courtyards, streets, graves, and rock-cut tombs. New underwater research in 2009 consisted of detailed... more
Scientific underwater archaeology started in the early 20th century with the development of scuba. Prehistoric artefacts were discovered incidentally by fisherman, divers or in the course of marine projects. The current challenge of... more
There are significant challenges to answering questions of Native American precontact history with data from sites in marine submerged continental shelf settings. We find seven published examples of projects in the Americas that... more
Ehud Galili Israel Antiquities Authority udi@israntique.org.il Baruch Rosen Israel Antiquities AuthorityIntroduction Fresh water is essential to human societies. Some drinking water can be transported over distances but can not... more
This is the first technical report in a series which will emerge from underwater archaeological investigations of submerged prehistoric sites in the Silver River of Central Florida. I am a principal investigator on this project alongside... more
Paleoenvironmental studies of late Pleistocene climate change and postglacial sea-level rise have coincided with and inspired archaeological fieldwork in submarine environments. Underwater archaeological contributions have significantly... more
Excavation of submerged prehistoric sites by diving archacologists shows that it is possible to obtain degrees of high resolution stratigraphic information comparable to excavation on dry land. Many sites have been eroded so that the... more
Until recently, the general view of archaeologists was that southern Scandinavia was uninhabited during the last ice age, the Weichselian glaciation. On the basis of recent climate reconstructions and glaciological data, combined with... more
Drowned archaeological sites are particularly common throughout the Chesapeake Bay region and the Delmarva Peninsula. The South Jones Cove site (44NH462) represents a drowned Archaic period site, which was discovered in 2001 as a result... more
Final report on the submerged landsacpes project. Including the link to the short animation illustrating what the landscape might have looked like around 10000 years ago, pollen chart and radiocarbon date for a core collected in 1971, and... more