Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction / Kathryn Bernick

Part 1: Wetland World-Views

Wetland Worlds and the Past Preserved / J.M. Coles

Prehistoric Wetland Sites in Sweden / Lars Larsson

Wetland Archaeological Sites in Aotearoa (New Zealand) Prehistory / Cathryn Barr

Wetlands-Associated Sites on the Russian Far East: A Review of Environment, Chronology, and Paleoeconomy / Yaroslav V. Kuzmin

Wetlands and Hunter-Gatherer Land Use in North America / George P. Nicholas

Part 2: Wet-Site Perspectives, Past and Present

The Importance of the Biskupin Wet Site for Twentieth-Century Polish Archaeology / Wojciech Piotrowski

Ancient Maya Use of Wetlands in Northern Quintana Roo, Mexico / Scott L. Fedick

The Death of the Wildwood and the Birth of Woodmanship in Southeast England / D.M. Goodburn

Stylistic Characteristics of Basketry from Coast Salish Area Wet Sites / Kathryn Bernick

The Boston Back Bay Fish Weirs / Elena B. Décima and Dena F. Dincauze

Part 3: Fishing Technologies on the Northwest Coast

A Comparative Chronology of Northwest Coast Fishing Features / Madonna L. Moss and Jon M. Erlandson

Fishing Weirs in Oregon Coast Estuaries / Scott Byram

Wet-Site Contributions to Developmental Models of Fraser River Fishing Technology / Ann Stevenson

The Montana Creek Fish Trap I: Archaeological Investigations in Southeast Alaska / Robert C. Betts

The Montana Creek Fish Trap II: Stratigraphic Interpretation in the Context of Southeast Alaska Geomorphology / Greg Chaney

Part 4: Preservation and Conservation in Practice

Essex Fish Traps and Fisheries: An Integrated Approach to Survey, Recording, and Management / Paul J. Gilman

The Humber Wetlands Survey: An Integrated Approach to Wetland Research and Management / Robert Van de Noort

The Role of Monitoring in the Assessment and Management of Archaeological Sites / Mike Corfield

Observations Resulting from Treatment of Waterlogged Bowls in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Dilys A. Johns

Supercritical Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood / Barry Kaye and David J. Cole-Hamilton

Footing the Bill: Conservation Costs in the Private Sector / Katherine Singley

About the Author

Kathryn Bernick has been active in wet-site archaeology for 24 years, including excavation, analysis, conservation, and publication.

Reviews

It is not possible in this brief review to do justice to all the fine papers in this volume ... From beginning to end, the papers in Hidden Dimensions are of uniformly high quality. The volume as a whole does an excellent job of conveying the wide range and incredible richness of archaeological resources preserved in wetland environments.
*Alaska Anthropological Association Newsletter, Volume 24, No. 1*

This excellent book is one of a growing number of publications that highlight the tremendously diverse nature of materials surviving in water-saturated sites that allow people in many disciplines to interpret human activities in and physical characteristics of past environments ... The book is well edited and provides clear and useful illustrations. I highly recommend this volume to all archaeologists who plan to use an interdisciplinary approach when they excavate, especially those who do not mind getting their feet wet.
*American Antiquity*

... attractive and well finished ...World-wide in scope and highly varied in its content, Bernick's book brings to the reader a sense of the importance and potential of wet site archaeology.
*The Midden, 30/2*