Taken by the sea: New analyses on the dynamic past of the maritime cultural landscape known as the former Zuiderzee (the Netherlands)

The research presented in this article focuses on the Noordoostpolder region – an area of reclaimed inland sea, called the Zuiderzee – in the central part of the Netherlands. The main aims of this paper are to (a) reconstruct the landscape of the Noordoostpolder region between approximately 1100 and 1400 AD to develop a better understanding of human terrestrial and maritime activity in and around the region, and (b) demonstrate the value of spatial interdisciplinary analyses based on a combination of geological, historic and archaeological data