We examine some long-standing assumptions about the early use of coastlines and marine
resources and their contribution to the pattern of early human dispersal, and focus on the …

The Mesolithic-to-Neolithic transition marked the time when a hunter-gatherer economy
gave way to agriculture, coinciding with rising sea levels. Bouldnor Cliff, is a submarine …

A submerged landscape containing worked flint tools has been found at − 11 m OD in the
western Solent. This paper reviews coastal sites in northern Europe and suggests that many …

Reconstructing the colonization and demographic dynamics that gave rise to extant forests
is essential to forecasts of forest responses to environmental changes. Classical approaches …

This paper discusses the significance of the southern North Sea for research on the human
occupation of northwest Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Recent insight into …

The role of coastal regions and coastlines in the dispersal of human populations from Africa
and across the globe has been highlighted by the recent polarisation between coastal and …

We explore the proposition that the Red Sea Basin was an attractive coastal habitat for
human settlement in early prehistory and an important zone of cultural contact and population …

As this volume, the final monograph of the SPLASHCOS network, was being finalised, the
European Research Council agreed to fund a major new project relating to the marine …

This chapter examines the evidence of extensive human movements in the lands adjacent
to the North Sea basin following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). We consider recent …

The Viking Ship Museum’s 20-year programme of building exact sailing replicas of the five
Viking ships recovered from the Skuldelev site in Roskilde Fjord reached its climax in …