Francesco Menotti is Professor of Archaology at the Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University. He has been involved in wetland archaeological research for fifteen years, working on various projects in different parts of Europe. His publications include 'The missing period': Middle Bronze Age lake-dwellings in the Alps (2001), Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe (2004), and Wetland Archaeology and Beyond: Theory and Practice (OUP, 2012).Dr Aidan O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has directed many wetland archaeological projects in estuaries, lakes, rivers and boglands, and is the author of numerous books and papers on wetland archaeology, including The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland (1998) and Rethinking Wetland Archaeology (2006).

Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART 1: WETLAND OCCUPATIONS: A GEOGRAPHICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTRODUCTION; EUROPE; THE AMERICAS; AFRICA AND ASIA; OCEANIA; PART 2: WATERLOGGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENTS AND HABITATIONS; MATERIAL CULTURE; ROAD NETWORKS AND TRANSPORT; HUMAN BODIES; PART 3: SURVEY AND EXCAVATION; INTRODUCTION; SURVEY; EXCAVATION; PART 4: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC NETWORK; INTRODUCTION; DATING METHODS; PART 5: A VULNERABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION; INTRODUCTION; PRESERVATION; ARTEFACT CONSERVATION; POLITICAL ACTIONS; PART 6: CHANGING RESEARCH ATTITUDE: TOWARDS ONE ARCHAEOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; PART 7: WETLAND ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC; INTRODUCTION; EPILOGUE: REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; INDEX

Francesco Menotti is Professor of Archaology at the Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University. He has been involved in wetland archaeological research for fifteen years, working on various projects in different parts of Europe. His publications include 'The missing period': Middle Bronze Age lake-dwellings in the Alps (2001), Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe (2004), and Wetland Archaeology and Beyond: Theory and Practice (OUP, 2012).Dr Aidan O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has directed many wetland archaeological projects in estuaries, lakes, rivers and boglands, and is the author of numerous books and papers on wetland archaeology, including The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland (1998) and Rethinking Wetland Archaeology (2006).

Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART 1: WETLAND OCCUPATIONS: A GEOGRAPHICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTRODUCTION; EUROPE; THE AMERICAS; AFRICA AND ASIA; OCEANIA; PART 2: WATERLOGGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENTS AND HABITATIONS; MATERIAL CULTURE; ROAD NETWORKS AND TRANSPORT; HUMAN BODIES; PART 3: SURVEY AND EXCAVATION; INTRODUCTION; SURVEY; EXCAVATION; PART 4: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC NETWORK; INTRODUCTION; DATING METHODS; PART 5: A VULNERABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION; INTRODUCTION; PRESERVATION; ARTEFACT CONSERVATION; POLITICAL ACTIONS; PART 6: CHANGING RESEARCH ATTITUDE: TOWARDS ONE ARCHAEOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; PART 7: WETLAND ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC; INTRODUCTION; EPILOGUE: REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; INDEX

Francesco Menotti is Professor of Archaology at the Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University. He has been involved in wetland archaeological research for fifteen years, working on various projects in different parts of Europe. His publications include 'The missing period': Middle Bronze Age lake-dwellings in the Alps (2001), Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe (2004), and Wetland Archaeology and Beyond: Theory and Practice (OUP, 2012).Dr Aidan O'Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has directed many wetland archaeological projects in estuaries, lakes, rivers and boglands, and is the author of numerous books and papers on wetland archaeology, including The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland (1998) and Rethinking Wetland Archaeology (2006).

Packed with detail but clearly and accessibly written, with generous bibliographies, this is an invaluable reference tool and a worthy addition to any bookshelf.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART 1: WETLAND OCCUPATIONS: A GEOGRAPHICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTRODUCTION; EUROPE; THE AMERICAS; AFRICA AND ASIA; OCEANIA; PART 2: WATERLOGGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENTS AND HABITATIONS; MATERIAL CULTURE; ROAD NETWORKS AND TRANSPORT; HUMAN BODIES; PART 3: SURVEY AND EXCAVATION; INTRODUCTION; SURVEY; EXCAVATION; PART 4: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC NETWORK; INTRODUCTION; DATING METHODS; PART 5: A VULNERABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION; INTRODUCTION; PRESERVATION; ARTEFACT CONSERVATION; POLITICAL ACTIONS; PART 6: CHANGING RESEARCH ATTITUDE: TOWARDS ONE ARCHAEOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; PART 7: WETLAND ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC; INTRODUCTION; EPILOGUE: REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; INTRODUCTION; INDEX