Atlas of the Holocene Netherlands : landscape and habitation since the last ice age /

The landscape of the Netherlands has been changing constantly since the end of the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago. Where we walk today was once a polar desert, a river delta or a shallow sea. The end of the last ice age marked the beginning of a new geological period - the Holocene, the relativ...

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Group Author: Vos, Peter; Meulen, Michiel Jan van der; Weerts, Henk; Bazelmans, Jos
Published: Amsterdam University Press,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: Map Book
Language: English
Dutch
Edition: First English edition.
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Summary: The landscape of the Netherlands has been changing constantly since the end of the last ice age, some 11,700 years ago. Where we walk today was once a polar desert, a river delta or a shallow sea. The end of the last ice age marked the beginning of a new geological period - the Holocene, the relatively warm geological epoch in which we are still living today. The 'Atlas of the Holocene Netherlands' contains special maps, supplemented by archaeological and historical information. These maps show the geographical situation for thirteen different points in time since the last ice age, based on
Item Description: Originally published in 2018 by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam, as: Atlas van Nederland in het Holoceen.
Carrier Form: 1 atlas (96 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 35 cm
ISBN: 9789463724432
9463724435
Index Number: G1861
CLC: K995.636
Call Number: K995.636/A881