[ report an error in this record ] basket (0): add | show Sea Bjerck, H.B. (2025). Sea, in: Nilsson Stutz, L. et al. The Oxford handbook of Mesolithic Europe. Oxford Handbooks, : pp. 423-438. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198853657.013.20 In: Nilsson Stutz, L.; Peyroteo Stjerna, R.; Tõrv, M. (Ed.) (2025). The Oxford handbook of Mesolithic Europe. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN 9780198853657. 1096 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198853657.001.0001, more In: Oxford Handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York. , more Available in  Author  VLIZ [ request ] Keyword Hazards Author keywords marine affluence, hazards, postglacial sea-levels, inundated coasts, variations in marine foraging, seafaring, boat types Author    Top  Bjerck, H.B. Abstract This chapter gives a regional and temporal overview of the Mesolithic archaeological record, and demonstrates a wide range of styles of marine foraging and seafaring along the European shores. Marine resources are varied and stable, encompass wide-ranging nutritional values and raw materials, and were beyond depletion by the Mesolithic pre-industrial means of harvesting. Also, seafaring increased mobility range, reach, and speed, and also the capacity to carry people, equipment, and produce far and wide by a variety of vessels. The Mesolithic seas were as affluent as they were risky to exploit. Humans at sea are always ‘cyborgs’—depending on material devices that now are integrated in the Mesolithic archaeological record, and may be analysed by the discipline’s scientific methods. This leaves us with an optimistic starting point for addressing ‘Sea’ in Mesolithic Europe. However, a very large part of the Mesolithic coastal areas was flooded by the 130 m postglacial sea-level rise, and hence little explored. All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Author