The archaeology of wetlands
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Coles John (1930-....) ;
- Editeurs : Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 1984
- ISBN : 0-85224-503-3, 0-85224-489-4
- Sujets : Sites archéologiques immergés, Archéologie, Zones humides, Wetlands, Archaeological investigation
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (III-111 p.), : Ill., couv. ill., 21 cm
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni
- Fonds spécifique : Cadist
Notes
Bibliogr. : p. 100-106. Index
Résumé
La quatrième de couverture indique: 'This is an introduction to the value, nature, principles and methods of wetland archaeology. It illustrates the range and quality of the material evidence such sites produce. It also warns of the growing threat to their survival. Wetlands are in the news because they are threatened with destruction in the cause of agriculture or peat extraction. But archaeology has been slow to recognize that the irreversible processes of drainage or stripping are also totally destructive of the great wealth of evidence of man's past which wetlands preserve. It is not juste a matter of quantity: the anaerobic conditions in bog and blanket peat preserve organic evidence (wood, textiles, basketry, leather and so forth) which rarely survives in dryland sites. Thus the information derived from wetlands, based largely on organic remains, both complements and extends the largely inorganic evidence, in stone and metals, from dryland sites.'