Contributors vii Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgement xvii Chapter 1: Introduction: Prehistoric Remains on the Continental Shelf - Why do Sites and Landscapes Survive Inundation? 1 Nic Flemming, Jan Harff, Delminda Moura and Anthony Burgess Chapter 2: Sea Level and Climate 11 J. Harff, N. Flemming, A. Groh, B. Hünicke, G. Lericolais, M. Meschede, A. Rosentau, D.
Sakellariou, S. Uscinowicz, W. Zhang, E. Zorita Chapter 3: Non-Cultural Processes of Site Formation, Preservation and Destruction 51 Nic Flemming, Jan Harff and Delminda Moura Chapter 4: Standard Core Variables for Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research and Their Availability 83 Nic Flemming Chapter 5: The Baltic Sea Basin 103 Alar Rosentau, Ole Bennike, Szymon Uoecinowicz and Gra¿yna Miotk-Szpiganowicz Chapter 6: The Northwest Shelf 135 Kieran Westley Chapter 7: The North Sea 147 Kim M. Cohen, Kieran Westley, Gilles Erkens, Marc P. Hijma, and Henk J.T. Weerts Chapter 8: Northern North Sea and Atlantic Northwest Approaches 187 Sue Dawson, Richard Bates, Caroline Wickham-Jones and Alastair Dawson Chapter 9: Paleolandscapes of the Celtic Sea and the Channel/La Manche 211 R.
Helen Farr, Garry Momber, Julie Satchell and Nic Flemming Chapter 10: Irish Sea and Atlantic Margin 241 Kieran Westley and Robin Edwards Chapter 11: The Iberian Atlantic Margin 281 Delminda Moura, Ana Gomes and João Horta Chapter 12: The Western Mediterranean Sea 301 Miquel Canals, Isabel Cacho, Laurent Carozza, José Luis Casamor, Galderic Lastras, and Anna Sànchez Chapter 12 - Western Mediterranean: Annex 1 Submerged Karst Structures of the French Mediterranean Coast: An Assessment 333 Yves Billaud Chapter 13: The Central Mediterranean 341 Fabrizio Antonioli, Francesco L. Chiocci, Marco Anzidei, Lucilla Capotondi, Daniele Casalbore, Donatella Magri and Sergio Silenzi Chapter 14: Physical Characteristics of the Continental Shelves of the East Mediterranean Basin, Submerged Settlements and Landscapes - Actual Finds and Potential Discoveries 377 Ehud Galili, Yaacov Nir, Dina Vachtman and Yossi Mart Chapter 15: Late Pleistocene Environmental Factors of the Aegean Region (Aegean Sea Including the Hellenic Arc) and the Identification of Potential Areas for Seabed Prehistoric Sites and Landscapes 405 D. Sakellariou, V. Lykousis, M. Geraga, G. Rousakis and T. Soukisian Chapter 16: Geological and Geomorphological Factors and Marine Conditions of the Azov-Black Sea Basin and Coastal Characteristics as They Determine Prospecting for Seabed Prehistoric Sites on the Continental Shelf 431 Valentina Yanko-Hombach, Evgeny Schnyukov, Anatoly Pasynkov, Valentin Sorokin, Pavel Kuprin, Nikolay Maslakov, Irena Motnenko and Olena Smyntyna Chapter 17: Late Pleistocene Environmental Factors defining the Black Sea, and Submerged Landscapes on the Western Continental Shelf 479 Gilles Lericolais Chapter 18: Submerged Prehistoric Heritage Potential of the Romanian Black Sea Shelf 497 Glicherie Caraivan, Valentina Voinea, Corneliu Cerchia Glossary Index.