Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf

• Preface.- 1. Archaeology and palaeolandscapes of the continental shelf: an introduction.- Part I. Techniques and Strategies.- 2. Survey strategies and techniques in underwater geoarchaeological research: an overview with emphasis on prehistoric sites.- 3. Relative sea-level rise, palaeotopograpy and transgression velocity on the continental shelf.- 4 Joint explorations of the sunken past: examples of maritime archaeological collaboration between industry and academia in the Baltic.- 5. The late Mesolithic site of Falden, Denmark: results from underwater archaeological fieldwork and a strategy for capacity-building based on the SPLASHCOS mission.- 6. Atlit-Yam: A Unique 9000 year old prehistoric village submerged off the Carmel coast, Israel – the SPLASHCOS Field School (2011).- Part II. Underwater Archaeological Sites.- 7. Submerged Pottery Neolithic settlements off the Mediterranean coast of Israel: subsistence, material culture and the development of burial grounds.-8. Hjarnø Sund: an eroding Mesolithic site and the tale of two paddles.- 9. Fished up from the Baltic Sea – a new Ertebølle site near Stohl Cliff, Kiel Bay, Germany.- 10. Investigations of submerged palaeoshorelines in the Kiel Fjord.- 11. Submerged settlement in the Öresund, western Scania, southernmost Sweden.- Part III. Underwater Landscapes and Archaeology.- 12. Prospecting for Holocene palaeolandscapes in the Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides.- 13. Early Holocene landscape development and Baltic Sea history based on high-resolution bathymetry and lagoonal sediments in the Hanö Bay, southern Sweden.- 14. Tributaries of the Elbe palaeovalley: features of a hidden palaeolandscape in the German Bight, North Sea.- 15. The Wadden Sea of North-West Germany: an intertidal environment of high archaeological research potential.- 16. Sacred landscapes and changing sea levels: new interdisciplinary data from the Early Neolithic to the Present in south-eastern Sicily.- 17. Archaeologicalpotential of the anchialine caves in Croatia.- Part IV. Landscapes of the Continental Shelf and Human Dispersals.- 18. The role of submerged landscapes in ground-truthing models of human dispersal during the last half million years.- 19. The northern coasts of Doggerland and the colonisation of Norway at the end of the Ice Age.- 20. Doggerland and the Lost Frontiers Project (2015–2020).- 21. Postglacial human dispersal and submerged landscapes in north-west Europe.- 22. Aegean Pleistocene landscapes above and below sea level: palaeogeographic reconstruction and hominin dispersals.- 23. Africa-Arabia connections and geoarchaeological exploration in the southern Red Sea: preliminary results and wider significance.- 24. To the Islands: the archaeology of the archipelagos of NW Australia  and its implications for drowned cultural landscapes.- Part V. Outreach and Management.- 25. Education and engagement: developing understanding and appreciation of submerged prehistoric landscapes.- 26. Arch-Manche: using archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, historical and artistic resources in coastal management.- 27. The SeArch Project: towards an assessment methodology and sustainable management policy for the archaeological heritage of the North Sea in Belgium.- 28. The history of industry-linked research in English waters: lessons for the future.

“This book … is an excellent overview of the work that has been done all over the world, with many papers focusing on the excellent work done in the North Sea over the past 40 years. … this is an important book, and one that should be on the shelf of any archaeologist who is interested in working in nearshore and offshore environments.” (Lisa Sonnenburg, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 47 (1), 2018)