North Sea Archaeologies: A Maritime Biography, 10,000 BC to AD 1500

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. [xiii], 282 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Near fine(+) with faint wear to exterior. . Paperback. ISBN: 9780199657087, 9780199566204

'North Sea Archaeologies' is an innovative study analysing the archaeology of the North Sea, and the way surrounding peoples engaged with it, from the end of the last ice age, c.10,000 BC, to the close of the Middle Ages, c. AD 1500. ¶ Contents: 1. Introduction: the sea is 'good to think'; 2. An archaeological theory of the sea; 3. The sea as a dynamic and hybrid landscape; 4. Fish: exploring the sea as a taskscape; 5. Socializing coastal landscapes; 6. Archipelagos and islands; 7. Moving across the North Sea; 8. The daily practice of seafaring: the ship as heterotopia par excellence; 9. The cultural biographies of boats; 10. Conclusions: a maritime biography.