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"Richard Uridge 'dives' to the bottom of the North Sea in search of evidence that will force history textbooks to be rewritten."*

Worth a listen if you missed it.

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/bridge_at_the_bottom

One of the best preserved prehistoric landscapes in the world eh? Nice!

white hot flint ovens, a river the size of the Rhine that has since completely disappeared, and there's even 3-D glasses too!

I hope this makes it onto the telly screen at some point, or at least on the web. It sounds like thev're some snazzy images from the virtual reconstruction of the mesolithic landscape. 20000 square kilometers of almost totally untouched prehistory. I really liked that, there's so little info on the mesolithic in these parts, it's nice to hear that a lot of it's remains are still intact under the waves.

At some point, it's gonna be Doggerland a-go-go...

'fraid I can't download realplayer on my works machine so I'll check it out when I get home in a couple of weeks.
Not sure how 'untouched' the sea bed is though.
I've seen scans and pictures of the north sea bed after a beam trawler has been over it - scoured clean. Add to that the toxic waste grounds and slurry mountains, I would imagine many parts of the North sea are pretty much knackered.
The CBA recently published a nice book called "Submarine prehistoric archaeology of the North Sea" there's a lot of work being done, mainly off the coasts of Holland & Denmark. I'd recommend having a look at the book just for pictures alone.
There's a brief summary here
www.english-heritage.org.uk/ upload/pdf/CB48_20_Submerged.pdf