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Author : Bell, T.; Robin E.; O’Sullivan, A.; and Quinn, R.
Date : 2007.
Title : Submerged Landscapes Archaeological Network (1): Discovering ancient landscapes under the sea.
Publication : 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association. May 16-20, 2007. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Abstract
The Submerged Landscapes Archaeological Network (SLAN) is a multidisciplinary consortium of researchers from universities and government agencies in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Newfoundland who are investigating the prehistoric environments and archaeology of drowned landscapes on the nearshore Atlantic seabed. The SLAN research has three main goals: (i) To demonstrate that ancient landscapes are preserved on the seabed of inshore coastal waters. Once located and mapped, these landscapes would be investigated to determine chronologies of sea-level and environmental change; (ii) To locate and record archaeological sites and materials preserved on these submerged landscapes. Recent advances in seabed mapping and the development of robust predictive models have made survey design more successful; (iii) To understand how these earliest coastal environments facilitated the expansion and growth of the first populations of Ireland and Newfoundland and how the evolving coastal landscape, marine resources and climate may have stimulated social and cultural change across prehistoric times and into the medieval period. Given current concerns over climate change and rising sea levels, our research will contribute to the understanding of future impacts.
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