Precision, Purpose and Priorities in Wetland Archaeology

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ID8890136
AuthorsJ M Coles (0000-0003-1100-9855, University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume66
Issue2
Pages227-247
Publication date1986-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003581500028067
OpenAlexW2034856513
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited20

Wetlands preserve evidence which no other landscape in western Europe can provide. The variety of wetlands is great and conditions for the survival of evidence and for archaeological work are equally varied. The quantity and quality of organic, and inorganic, evidence from wetland sites is now well documented by work in Denmark, Switzerland and Italy in particular, but most European countries have such special sites, where the abundance of evidence can enormously augment our knowledge of the past. The purpose of wetland archaeology must be to expand our very restricted data base into new areas of research, both cultural and environmental. A scheme for the development of priorities for wetland sites and areas may help to direct resources, but the threats to wetlands by current agricultural and other policies are particularly severe, and only concerted efforts will retain these areas in suitable condition for future preservation or examination

Agriculture · Archaeology · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Wetland · Work (physics · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

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