[SunkenCiv]

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Intact

In the 1970s, large-scale land consolidation in the north of the Netherlands led to even small hillocks being levelled. Many archaeological remains were probably lost in the process. The present six-hectare site happened to be left intact.

Flooding

The site is also exceptional in that the finds are just 40 centimetres below the surface, despite the passage of thousands of years. Archaeological discoveries elsewhere in the Netherlands are often are much deeper underground because floods have deposited sand on the sites for centuries. There have been fewer floods at the Enkhuizen site and the construction of the first dyke in the 14th century made flooding a thing of the past. This is the reason why the present archaeological discoveries are so close to the surface.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Tax-chick]

Better him than me. I suppose there was some survival advantage to living in a puddle ... fish, maybe?

[SkyPilot]

Until now, experts thought no one could have lived in the area during the Bronze Age because it was too water-logged. They have now been proved wrong.