Anciens peuplements littoraux et relations Homme/Milieu sur les côtes de l'Europe atlantique / Ancient Maritime Communities and the Relationship between People and Environment along the European Atlantic Coasts

Product Description

This substantial volume, comprised of 65 papers, presents the proceedings of the HOMER 2011 conference. This event was the first international scientific meeting devoted to the archaeology of coastal populations and the interactions between people and the environment in the geographical domain of the English Channel and Atlantic Europe. Recent advances in the archaeology of coasts and islands in the interlinked Atlantic, English Channel and north Sea complex were explored during the seven sessions of the conference, both through syntheses and through presentations focusing on individual research projects, some of them completed, others still ongoing.

About the Author

Marie-Yvane Daire is senior researcher in the National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, France, and is affiliated with the Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH) research team in Rennes. She has extensive experience with the coastal archaeology on the Channel and Atlantic facade of Europe, has led several national and international projects and has a particular interest in interdisciplinary issues such as the place of heritage regarding coastal changes and Integrated Coastal Zone Management She has published widely on coastal and island archaeology.