Underwater prehistoric archaeology
Tuesday 1st July: 16:00 - 18:002 hour session: 15-20 Minute Papers followed by discussion to conclude
Amanda Evans (Tesla Offshore, LLC)
Joseph Flatman (University College London, Institute of Archaeology)
Abstract
Submerged landscapes and prehistoric habitation sites have been a focus of archaeological investigations for over thirty years. Due to their ephemeral nature, the majority of prehistoric underwater archaeological fieldwork consists of remote sensing, and sediment analyses of core samples. The investigation of local submerged landscapes on the various continental shelves is dependent upon accurate regional landscape reconstructions and available geologic data. This session will explore the changing methodology of submerged prehistoric site investigations over the last thirty years, specifically addressing proven techniques and highlighting new directions. The papers in this session represent a diverse geographic range and provide the opportunity to address the divide between local sites, regional geologies, and universal methodologies and data analyses leading to the identification of submerged prehistoric sites.
Papers
- Prehistoric site discovery on the outer continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States of America
Charles Pearson, Richard Weinstein, David Kelley - A research strategy for mapping prehistoric archaeological potential on the seabed off Newfoundland and Ireland
Trevor Bell, John Anderson, Denise Brushett, Christine Bussey, Robin Edwards, Aidan O'Sullivan, Ruth Plets, Rory Quinn, Priscilla Renouf, John Shaw, Kieran Westley - The use of marine geophysics to facilitate the identification and localisation of submerged prehsitoric settlement sites in Denmark
Jørgen Dencker - Across the great divide: bridging the methodological and theoretical gap at the shoreline of the cultural landscape continuum
David Robinson - Prehistoric underwater archaeology in Haida Gwaii, west coast of Canada
Quentin Mackie, Daryl Fedje - Submerged prehistoric landscapes of Scotland: preliminary work
Caroline Wickham-Jones, Susan Dawson, Alistair Dawson, Richard Bates - Scale and submerged terrestrially deposited archaeology
Fraser Sturt
- Associated Posters
Characterisation of buried inundated peat on seismic (Chirp) data, inferred from core information
