Adapting to the sea:Human habitation in the coastal area of the northern Netherlands before medieval dike building
Before medieval dike building, the coastal area of the northern Netherlands was a wide, regularly inundated salt-marsh area. Despite the dynamic natural conditions, the area was inhabited already in the Iron Age. The inhabitants adapted to this marine environment by living on artificial dwelling mounds, so-called terps. Terp habitation was a highly successful way of life for over 1500 years, and may be re-introduced as a useful strategy for present and future communities in low-lying coastal regions that are facing accelerated sea-level rise. This already has been recommended in several report... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Nieuwhof , A , Bakker , M , Knol , E , de Langen , G , Nicolay , J , Postma , D , Schepers , M , Varwijk , T & Vos , P C 2019 , ' Adapting to the sea : Human habitation in the coastal area of the northern Netherlands before medieval dike building ' , Ocean & Coastal Management , vol. 173 , pp. 77-89 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.02.014 |
Schlagwörter: | Artificial dwelling mounds / SEA-LEVEL RISE / ADAPTATION / COASTAL MANAGEMENT / Coastal salt marsh / peat reclamation / dike building / LEVEL CHANGES / HOLOCENE / EVOLUTION / AD |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28779018 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/730b792e-2eea-420d-aee4-16a04f01a0d7 |