Describes wetlands ecology, explains why bogs preserve human remains and artifacts, and argues that peat-cutting and drainage projects threaten valuable archaeological sites

People of the Wetlands: Bogs, Bodies and Lake-Dwellers (Ancient Peoples & Places)

Coles, Bryony

Coles, John M.

Thames&Hudson

Describes the excavation of a six thousand-year-old road in England and discusses what has been discovered about life in prehistoric England

Sweet Track to Glastonbury: The Somerset Levels in Prehistory (New Aspects of Antiquity)

History

Europe

The "committed wetlanders" write with enthusiasm and passion about these damp places they have made their own. In part a testimony to the contribution of wetland archaeology, the authors trace its history through the major landmarks. Their own renowned excavations, such as the Glastonbury lake village and the Somerset sweet track, are set within a global context. The variety of finds and detailed reconstructions with which the book is illustrated bear witness to the unique richness of wetland sites. Yet it also contains a desperate note at a time when discoveries are getting rarer and mechanical extraction more fierce. Positive proposals are put forward in the form of strategies for surveyng, protection and management. Engaging, informative, well-presented and written in a vigorous, lively style.

Enlarging the Past: The Contribution of Wetland Archaeology (Wetland Archaeological Research Project/Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Monograph , No 11)

Coles, John

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The Wetland revolution in prehistory: Proceedings of a conference held by the Prehistoric Society and WARP at the University of Exeter, April, 1991 (WARP occasional paper)

Ancient Civilizations

WARP

Wetland management: A survey for English Heritage (WARP occasional paper)

Business & Money

Economics

The Journal of Wetland Archaeology is the journal of the Wetland Archaeological Research Project (WARP) and the University of Exeter Centre for Wetland Research. Contents: Research Papers. Wood resources and their exploitation during the Iron Age occupation of the fens of Midden-Delfland, The Netherlands ( Cees Koot and Corrie Bakels ); The Squaxin Island Tribe and South Puget Sound Community College: Native American coordination. An example of sharing the resource ( Rhonda Foster and Dale Croes ); Why did Mâori bury artefacts in the wetlands of pre-contact Aotearoa/New Zealand? ( Caroline Phillips, Dilys Johns and Harry Allen ); Radiocarbon dates from Taino wooden structures at Los Buchillones, Cuba ( David Pendergast, Elizabeth Graham, Jorge Calvera and Juan Jardines ); Archaeological predictive modelling in raised mires - concerns and approaches for their interpretation and management ( Henry Chapman and Ben Gearey ); Flain landscapes and archaeology: Fluvial events and human agency ( Tony Brown ). Book Reviews.

Journal of Wetland Archaeology Volume 2

Politics & Social Sciences

Brown, A. G.

Rippon, Stephen

Van De Noort, Robert

Archaeology

Oxbow Books

Part ecology, part archaeology and part history, Beavers in Britain's Past explores the evidence for Castor fiber , the European beaver from late in the last ice age to the time of its extinction from Britain's native fauna. The first chapters introduce the beaver and its habitats in western Europe, where it is now flourishing. Based on original field survey in Brittany and southeastern France, the characteristic structures and features of three contrasting beaver territories are documented and analysed, with a view to identifying beaver activity in the archaeological record. Beavers are a keystone ecological species, modifying their waterside surroundings to the benefit of many other species, both plant and animal, including humans. The book then focuses on the archaeological and historical record, from the return of beavers after the severe cold of the last glaciation through 13000 years of living alongside humans, to their disappearance from the record. In the light of the field survey results, beaver influence is identified at a number of well-known wetland sites of prehistoric date, while the evidence for human exploitation of beavers becomes increasingly diverse through time. In the post-Roman period it expands to include place-names, carvings and illuminated manuscripts, written records and oral traditions. Analysing the record in the light of the field survey results and increasing knowledge of the behaviour of European beavers, it is argued that beavers vanished from human perception but did not become extinct until the later second millennium AD. Beavers in Britain's Past provides a new perspective on the archaeology and history of Britain and demonstrates the significance of beavers to the environment of Britain. Table of Contents Why Beaver? An Introduction to the European Beaver Fieldwork in Beaver Territories Fieldwork Results and the Potential Archaeological Record for Beavers Human Exploitation of Beaver Resources Studying Beavers in Britain: Somerset as a case study From Tundra to Temperate Forest: glacial retreat and the return of the beaver The Fourth and Third Millennia BC: expanding wetlands, increasing predation? The Second and First Millennium AD: further diversification The First Millennium AD: retreat and resurgence? Beaver Place-Names The Earlier Second Millennium AD: food for feasting and food for thought The Later Second Millennium AD: from extinction to re-introduction Beavers in Britain's past: reflections

Beavers in Britain's Past (WARP Occasional Papers)

The Journal of Wetland Archaeology is the journal of the Wetland Archaeology Research Project (WARP).The journal covers all fields of wetland archaeology, from methodology to synthesis and theory and all periods and geographic regions are covered. Volume nine is dedicated to the well-preserved wet site of Sunken Village, on the southern end of Sauvie Island, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Sunken Village is one of only c.250 archaeological sites in the U.S.A. to have been given National Historic Landmark status. The Sunken Village report is set up in six synthetic sections, starting with a general introduction and then going on to look at physical setting; the archaeological investigations; floral and faunal remains; artifacts; and finally a summary of the ecological, artifactual, and functional context of this newly investigated site. Table of Contents Introduction The physical and cultural background The 2006 and 2007 field seasons at Sunken Village Ecofacts - plan and animal analyses Artefact analyses Assessing the results of the 2006 and 2007 investigations References

Journal of Wetland Archaeology 9 (2009): Sunken Village, Sauvie Island, Oregon, USA

Croes, Dale

Fagan, John L

Zehendner, Maurren Newman

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