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Inundated Freshwater Settings

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Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology

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Freshwater archaeology; Inundated terrestrial sites; Submerged prehistoric sites; Submerged terrestrial sites

Definitions

Base level: the imaginary line below which ariver or stream can no longer erode. In coastal and near coastal areas, this is approximately sea level, but inland and in man-made reservoir systems, it can be quite different.

Karst: landscape formed by the dissolution of carbonates (limestones and dolomites, commonly) characterized by porous surface topography including sinkholes (more formally known as dolines), caves, and interrupted surface water flow with common underground streamflow.

Prehistoric: the generic archaeological term referring to the period before written records in agivenarea.

Submergence: the process by which aterrestrial site becomes inundated (orsubmerged), during which the site is most at danger for destruction.

Terrestrial: on land, especially in reference to sites that were created on dry land that are currently underwater.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, 1847 West Tennessee St., Tallahassee, FL, 32308, USA

    Jessi J. Halligan

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Halligan, J.J. (2017). Inundated Freshwater Settings. In: Gilbert, A.S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4409-0_186

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