Understanding the cultural historical value of the Wadden Sea region. The co-evolution of environment and society in the Wadden Sea area in the Holocene up until early modern times (11,700 BC–1800 AD): An outline

Bazelmans, J.G.A.; Meier, Dirk; Nieuwhof, Annet; Spek, Theo; Vos, P.C.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.05.014

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“…Floodplain wetlands and marshes have been occupied for settlement from the earliest prehistory. In many European regions, specific adaptations to this very special environment have been developed, such as settlements on terps or built-up occupation mounds, which were widespread along the North Sea coast (Meier 2004;Behre 2012;Bazelmans et al 2012). The main attractiveness of wetlands was easy access to water and high productivity of the ecosystem.…”

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“…Living in wetlands demanded great care in site preparation, especially keeping dry enough. The living areas needed to be raised, as shown by dwelling mounds such as terps (Bazelmans et al 2012) and drained. Some coastal marshes appear to have already been reclaimed in the late Iron Age and the Roman period, as shown by the archaeological data from, for example, Friesland (Bazelmans et al 2012;Behre 2012) or Britain (Rippon 2005).…”

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“…The first issue concerns decisions made by people to settle in the area, according to their economic and political needs at that time and the possibility of making it habitable. It is important to know about the socio-economic and political background for such decisions and about local natural conditions so as to understand why so much effort and sometimes amazing technical solutions were used for land reclamation in a period of settlement establishment and later development (Behre 2004;Rippon 2005;Bazelmans et al 2012). The second issue concerns the fact that research carried out directly on archaeological sites offers a unique opportunity to link the environmental effects of human impact with the activity of a specific population described by cultural artefacts or historical sources.…”

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From wetland to commercial centre: the natural history of Wyspa Spichrzów (“Granary Island”) in medieval Gdańsk, northern Poland

Święta-Musznicka

Latałowa

2016

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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This paper describes the analyses of pollen, nonpollen palynomorphs, macroremains and geochemistry in sediments from archaeological excavations at Wyspa Spichrzów (''Granary Island'') in Gdańsk, northern Poland. The aim of this study was to reconstruct the environmental conditions in this part of the town in the period preceding its occupation and during its transformation with the establishment of a trade centre and an increasing number of granaries, warehouses and workshops. The results show that this area was originally covered by wetlands typical of river oxbows, with a landscape formed by alder woods, shallow pools of water, fens and patches of wet meadows. Around the 9th-10th centuries, a distinct lowering of the groundwater table reduced the pools, and the alder stands also reduced. These changes coincided with the Medieval Climatic Anomaly. Drying of the ground could have been an important factor enabling expansion of settlement in the Gdańsk area. Between the 10th and 13th-14th centuries, the area around the investigated sites was probably used as pasture, as shown by high frequencies of coprophilous fungal spores. A large representation of cereal pollen and pollen and macroremains of field weeds reflects crop transport and storage on the island from ca. the 13th/14th centuries in the northern part of the area and the 15th/16th centuries in its southern part. The increasing human impact caused development of a rich flora associated with human activities, habitat enrichment by nitrogen and phosphorus, and heavy metal pollution from the beginning of the 13th century. Keywords Archaeobotany Á Multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction Á Wetland occupation Á Urban development Á Medieval climatic anomaly Communicated by K.-E. Behre.

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From wetland to commercial centre: the natural history of Wyspa Spichrzów (“Granary Island”) in medieval Gdańsk, northern Poland

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Latałowa

2016

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“…It is part of a larger, mostly undisturbed intertidal ecosystem stretching from the Netherlands in the west via Germany into Denmark to the north‐east. It comprises barrier islands, tidal basins and (diked) salt marshes and, except for the river Ems, has limited river influences (UNESCO, ; Bazelmans et al ., ). It is bordered on the mainland by reclaimed coastal wetlands.…”

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Holocene relative mean sea‐level changes in the Wadden Sea area, northern Netherlands

Meijles

Kiden

Streurman

et al. 2018

J Quaternary Science

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Although the Netherlands has a long tradition of sea-level research, no Holocene relative sea-level curve is available for the north of the country. Previous studies hypothesized that the relative sea-level reconstruction for the western Netherlands is also valid for the northern part of the country. However, glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) models predict a lower and steeper relative sea-level curve because of greater postglacial isostatic subsidence. Long-term data of relative sea-level change are important to inform GIA models and understand postglacial vertical land motion related to the rebound of Fennoscandia and neotectonic activity. We compiled and evaluated a set of basal peat radiocarbon dates to reconstruct the Holocene relative mean sealevel rise in the Dutch Wadden Sea area. For the early Holocene, this reconstruction is lower than the western Netherlands curve. After 6400 cal a BP, the curve for the Wadden Sea is statistically indistinguishable from that for the western Netherlands, a result that conflicts with GIA model results. It remains to be investigated whether the problem lies with the GIA model predictions or with the quality of the available data. Additional basal peat radiocarbon dates from suitable sites should be collected to further resolve this problem.

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“…Cities are artificial environments where people are shaped by their own cultures [3,4] as well as distinct ones, and these changes are reproduced in this process [5,6]. On an examination of the urban environment with respect the historical process, it has been noted that cities seek a particular aesthetic look with respect to the physical environment [7][8][9][10]. This aesthetic look that people seek in the physical environment can affect their lifestyle [10][11][12] and can also influence the process of shaping coastal cities.…”

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Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

Işık

Demir

2017

Sustainability

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Unsustainable urban growth has put pressure on urban coastal areas and historical-cultural structures. As such, the important role of coastline sustainability has been revealed, and planners must protect historical-cultural coast characteristics in order to increase the quality of life of citizens. For this reason, this present study investigated the effects of existing coast characteristics and historical-cultural structure changes in recreation and tourism with respect to the Trabzon coastline in Turkey. Through literature and site survey, these effects were classified using specific coastal criteria which increase and decrease coastal use, and these were grouped by factor analysis. For the main criteria, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was used, and for sub-criteria, the Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE) method was employed, combining multi-criteria decision-making methods to generate a priority ranking for all criteria. Consequently, "socialization", "city promotion" and "service quality" were revealed as the most effective criteria with respect to coastal use. The methods and the findings may significantly contribute to sustainable tourism planning for other urban coastal areas.

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Understanding the cultural historical value of the Wadden Sea region. The co-evolution of environment and society in the Wadden Sea area in the Holocene up until early modern times (11,700 BC–1800 AD): An outline

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

From wetland to commercial centre: the natural history of Wyspa Spichrzów (“Granary Island”) in medieval Gdańsk, northern Poland

From wetland to commercial centre: the natural history of Wyspa Spichrzów (“Granary Island”) in medieval Gdańsk, northern Poland

Holocene relative mean sea‐level changes in the Wadden Sea area, northern Netherlands

Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

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