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The Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of theSouthern North Sea: Work in Progress

The Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of theSouthern North Sea: Work in Progress l a n d s c a p e s (2007), 1, pp. 1–22 © Peter Murphy The Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of the Southern North Sea: Work in Progress Peter Murphy Introduction It has been known since at least the 1930s that prehistoric artefacts and fresh- water peats survive on the bed of the North Sea (Flemming 2002, 34). The barbed bone point from between the Leman and Ower Banks, trawled up in a lump of moorlog (the old trawlermen’s name for peat) by the men of the Colinda in 1931,is still probably the best-known example. Landscape archae- ologists may have become aware of the potential of the submerged prehistoric landscapes of the North Sea through the papers of Coles (1998; 2000), who referred to the area as ‘Doggerland’, and the volume edited by Flemming (2004a). The purpose of the present article is to outline the latest developments in technology, methodology and international collaboration that place us at the beginning of systematic study of these submerged landscapes and their inhabitants, and to present a summary of the latest results (Figure 1). All studies of landscape archaeology represent work in progress, but any account of the submerged prehistoric landscapes of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscapes Taylor & Francis

The Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of theSouthern North Sea: Work in Progress

Murphy, Peter
Landscapes , Volume 8 (1): 22 – Apr 1, 2007
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l a n d s c a p e s (2007), 1, pp. 1–22 © Peter Murphy The Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of the Southern North Sea: Work in Progress Peter Murphy Introduction It has been known since at least the 1930s that prehistoric artefacts and fresh- water peats survive on the bed of the North Sea (Flemming 2002, 34). The barbed bone point from between the Leman and Ower Banks, trawled up in a lump of moorlog (the old trawlermen’s name for peat) by the men of the Colinda in 1931,is still probably the best-known example. Landscape archae- ologists may have become aware of the potential of the submerged prehistoric landscapes of the North Sea through the papers of Coles (1998; 2000), who referred to the area as ‘Doggerland’, and the volume edited by Flemming (2004a). The purpose of the present article is to outline the latest developments in technology, methodology and international collaboration that place us at the beginning of systematic study of these submerged landscapes and their inhabitants, and to present a summary of the latest results (Figure 1). All studies of landscape archaeology represent work in progress, but any account of the submerged prehistoric landscapes of

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