Researchers with Wessex Archaeology have spent the past few years excavating wetlands on the southern coast of England, not far from Poole Harbour. They’re digging to ensure artifacts aren’t ...

Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off the southeast coast of the mainland, surrounded by the Baltic Sea. It was ...

The Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision limits federal protection to wetlands directly connected to a "water of the U.S." ...

The prehistoric settlement of Wangen-Hinterhorn and its pile dwellings were first identified in the shallow water zone along Lake Constance by a farmer in 1856, but extensive excavations by ...

archaeology and Indigenous Peoples; wetland archaeology; intellectual property rights and archaeology; theory George Nicholas is Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...