A cultural biography of the coversand landscapes in the Salland and Achterhoek Regions. The aims and methods of the Eastern Netherlands Project

In archaeological and historical geographical terms, the Salland and Achterhoek are among the least know areas of the Netherlands. Urbanisation, industrialisation, water management measures and nature development are rapidly beginning to take their toll on these coversand areas, and the buried history and landscape heritage they represent are coming under increasing pressure. An interdisciplinary project has been started to build a broad scientific base and to produce a biography of this coversand landscape from the late Palaeolithic to the beginning of the nineteenth century. By analysing exi... Mehr ...