ABSTRACT Large, artificial habitation platforms are widely distributed along the southern North Sea coasts. In this article, we will focus on the less known, small medieval platforms situated further inland, on the edge of the extensive peat bogs which until medieval times covered much of the lowlands of the Netherlands. We have confronted data from the area Eelder- and Peizermaden with existing models on the dynamics of human colonization and exploitation of North Sea coastal wetlands. The evidence from ‘peat terps’ seems to reflect distinct and successive land-use types or strategies that are associated with at least two colonization phases. Changes in land use are related to environmental changes that are largely human-induced. This is typical for coastal peat landscapes. Land-use patterns display spatio-temporal similarities as well as differences. The observed succession of land-use types and the associated material culture bear a strong resemblance to developments in the Assendelver polder a millennium before.

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泥炭人。关于中世纪人工平台在沿海湿地中的作用和背景，荷兰埃尔德和佩泽马登

摘要大型人工栖息平台广泛分布于北海南部沿海地区。在本文中，我们将重点介绍位于内陆更深处，鲜为人知的小型中世纪平台，这些沼泽地位于广阔的泥炭沼泽的边缘，直到中世纪，这些沼泽覆盖了荷兰的许多低地。我们已经将现有的人类迁徙和北海沿岸湿地开发动态模型与来自Eelder- Peizermaden地区的数据进行了比较。“豌豆”的证据似乎反映了与至少两个定居阶段相关的独特且连续的土地利用类型或策略。土地用途的变化与很大程度上由人为因素引起的环境变化有关。这是典型的沿海泥炭景观。土地利用格局显示出时空相似性和差异性。观察到的一系列土地利用类型和相关的物质文化与一个千年前的阿森德尔弗地的发展非常相似。