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Additional authors

1. Vos, Peter
2. Meulen, Michiel J. van der (Michiel Jan), 1969-
3. Weerts, Henk J. T., 1961-
4. Bazelmans, Jos

Description

1. 1 atlas (96 pages) : color illustrations, color maps; 35 cm

Summary

1. "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 tens of thousands of drill samples and the latest geological, soil and archaeological research. This atlas also paints a surprising picture of the position we humans have occupied in the landscape. It addresses such questions as: How did we take advantage of the opportunities offered by the landscape? And how did we mould the landscape to suit our own purposes?"--Page 4 of cover.

Uniform title

1. Atlas van Nederland in het Holoceen. English.

Alternative title

1. Landscape and habitation since the last ice age

Subject

1. From 10 thousand years ago
2. Paleography > Netherlands > Maps
3. Historical geology > Netherlands > Maps
4. Geology, Stratigraphic > Holocene > Maps
5. Geology, Stratigraphic
6. Historical geology
7. Holocene Geologic Period
8. Paleography
9. Netherlands > Maps
10. Netherlands

Genre/Form

1. atlases.
2. geological maps.
3. Atlases.
4. Geological maps.
5. Maps.

Contents

1. Introduction: The Netherlands in the Holocene -- What came before? -- Rising sea levels -- Tides and waves shape the coast -- The big rivers fill the delta -- Peat covers the land -- Human intervention -- How the maps were compiled -- Notes on the map legends -- The maps: 9000 BCE: Rising temperatures -- 5500 BCE: Rising water levels -- 3850 BCE: Expanding peat -- 2750 BCE: The coastline closes -- 1500 BCE: Peat covers the land -- 500 BCE: The building of terps -- 250 BCE: Changing tidal systems -- 100 CE: Human impact -- 800 CE: Return of the sea -- 1250 CE: Dyking of rivers and salt marshes -- 1500 CE: People shape the landscape -- 1850 CE: Human 'nature' -- 2000 CE: A country created by people.

Call number

1. Map Div. + 22-3931

Note

1. Relief shown pictorially, by shading, and by contours and spot heights.
2. "This atlas was originally published in 2011 in Dutch under the title Atlas van Nederland in het Holoceen, Amsterdam, Prometheus. In 2018 the 9th revised edition was published ... This first English edition is an unaltered version of the 2018 edition"--Pages [5]-7.

Title

1. Atlas of the Holocene Netherlands : landscape and habitation since the last ice age / edited by Peter Vos, Michiel van der Meulen, Henk Weerts and Jos Bazelmans.

Publisher

1. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Edition

1. First English edition.

Cartographic data

1. Scales differ.

Type of content

1. text
2. cartographic image
3. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Physical medium

1. polychrome rdacc
2. color
3. illustration rdaill
4. map rdaill

Chronological term

1. From 10 thousand years ago

Added author

1. Vos, Peter, editor.
2. Meulen, Michiel J. van der (Michiel Jan), 1969- editor.
3. Weerts, Henk J. T., 1961- editor.
4. Bazelmans, Jos, editor.

Translation of:

1. Translation of: Atlas van Nederland in het Holoceen. Negende, herziene druk. Amsterdam : Prometheus, 2018 9789044639117 (DLC) 2019589291 (OCoLC)1102012849

ISBN

1. 9463724435 (hardcover)
2. 9789463724432 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Map Div. + 22-3931