This paper examines the theory and practice of the maritime cultural landscape in general, and projects the theoretical concepts and aspects involved on the highly dynamic late medieval north-eastern Zuiderzee region in the Netherlands. The cultivation of land and marine erosion (floods and rising sea level) are considered as the main factors that caused the transformation of the physical landscape of this region from peatlands with freshwater basins into a tidal lagoon. As a consequence, multiple settlements drowned, large areas of land submerged, and culture and the landscape gradually became more maritime, giving the research area a cultural identity and dimension.

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荷兰的海洋文化：进入东北Zuiderzee的中世纪晚期海洋文化景观

本文从总体上考察了海洋文化景观的理论和实践，并提出了在荷兰高度活跃的中世纪东北Zuiderzee地区晚期涉及的理论概念和方面。土地耕种和海洋侵蚀（洪水和海平面上升）被认为是导致该地区自然景观从具有淡水盆地的泥炭地转变为潮汐泻湖的主要因素。结果，多个定居点被淹没，大片土地被淹没，文化和地貌逐渐变得更加海洋化，赋予了研究区以文化特色和规模。