Sets out a new approach to the circulation of power in Neolithic societies, through an exploration of ceremonial monument complexes, where relations of power were negotiated, between people and the physical world they lived in (geology, landscapes, w...Daugiau...
Considers the notion that regular landscapes could only arise through deliberate planning, and argues that the appearance of regularity can derive through piecemeal expansion over many years....Daugiau...
Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, there lies a rather unusual burial ground, an Anglo-Saxon execution cemetery. Follow the author as they excavate human remains buried inside an ancient Kirk and reassess...Daugiau...
Between Land and Water reveals topologies within the changing rurban landscape of the Yongning river plain in China. It explores the interwoven relationships between the cultural meanings of places associated with water, the ecological co...Daugiau...
This book focuses on Greenlandic oral history and how to better understand people, their cultural remains, and their landscape through their own stories. It will be of particular interest for scholars of Indigenous studies, anthropology, archaeolo...Daugiau...
Addresses the subject of common land from the perspective of landscape history and archaeology, through a detailed regional study of Norfolk. Explores the history, ecology, and physical features of English commons, focusing on Norfolks la...Daugiau...
Taking a broad geographical, temporal, and cross-disciplinary approach, this volume explores new and innovative research which focuses on rivers and waterways from across the Roman world....Daugiau...
This book centres on the transformation of landscapes, focusing on the Western Mediterranean during the end of the Roman Republic and the Early Roman Empire.This volume brings together diverse contributions that utilise both theoretical and...Daugiau...
Limpopo Life introduces the reader to the material culture, oral histories, and the negotiation of conservation and landscape in an area now known as Limpopo National Park. Introducing the archaeology of a region that has not been surveyed or discus...Daugiau...
This analysis of Neolithic long barrows in Bohemia and Central Europe presents new data, based primarily on remote sensing and targeted excavations, to define the construction and chronological development of these monuments, advance knowledge of the...Daugiau...
An enchanting and beautifully illustrated memoir of personal struggle and the joy of exploring ancient landscapes, which uncovers the wonder of Britains megaliths alongside a story of grief, hope and love....Daugiau...
Uncovers the historical significance of water milling along the River Great Ouse using innovative methods, revealing its national prominence and lasting landscape impact.The River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire has a long history of wate...Daugiau...
Explores South-West Englands development from the Iron Age through medieval times, focusing on Ipplepen.This book explores the distinctive landscape and society of South-West England that had emerged by the Iron Age and which continue...Daugiau...
This book offers a detailed account of booleying both in Achill and beyond. Drawing on extensive research from Ireland, Britain, and continental Europe, the book challenges the view of booleying as a post-medieval practice, typically outside the sco...Daugiau...
Explores health and lifeways in monastic communities, focusing on palaeopathological insights into well-being, disabilities, and burial practices across various periods.Monasticism is a form of religious life in which participants reno...Daugiau...
It would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. His first name is shared with one of Cornwalls most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-May-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008561048)
Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of fossilised forests and of our oldest wooden artifacts can help us to understand...Daugiau...
