ABSTRACT This paper examines how loch drainage in eighteenth and nineteenth century Scotland has shaped the archaeological record, with particular reference to lake dwellings known as ‘crannogs’. The analysis uses the Roy Military Survey of Scotland (1747–1755) as a baseline for charting changes to lacustrine environment through time. The work is unique for its scale which examines all of mainland Scotland, and the results have revealed unrecognized patterns in the timing and intensity of land-use changes that have impacted lacustrine environments. These patterns are linked to the development of archaeological investigation in Scotland demonstrating that the current distribution of crannogs across the country is an artefact of loch drainage and antiquarian investigation and not representative of the past distribution of these critical sites. This paper presents one way in which we can begin to account for these historic changes to land-use and their impact to our understanding of the archaeological record.

中文翻译：

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苏格兰失落的海湾：追踪土地利用变化及其对考古记录的影响

摘要本文研究了十八世纪和十九世纪苏格兰的湖泊排水如何塑造了考古记录，特别是提到了被称为“ crannogs”的湖泊。该分析以苏格兰的罗伊军事调查（1747年至1755年）为基准，绘制了随时间推移湖泊环境变化的图表。这项工作的规模是独一无二的，可以检查整个苏格兰大陆，结果揭示了影响湖泊环境的土地利用变化的时间和强度的未知模式。这些模式与苏格兰考古研究的发展有关，表明目前在全国的颅骨分布是湖水排水和古物调查的产物，并不代表这些重要地点的过去分布。