Environmental archaeology Books

Book SynopsisFrom the deep forests of the Canadian Northwest to the red-rock deserts of the American Southwest, North America offers a myriad of opportunities for hiking, camping, trekking, and simply enjoying the abundance of the natural world. This opulent volume highlights 41 of those wilderness locations.Filled with authoritative maps, data-driven graphics, awe-inspiring photographs, and thoughtful essays, this vivid book will feed the soul of everyone who loves wild places. Six lush chapters take readers from the eastern woodlands to the central plains, from the northern wilderness to southwestern desert lands—including key wilderness areas in Canada and Mexico. You’ll discover the fascinating history of the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, learn about fossil remains on the Upper Missouri River, gaze through the rainforest canopy of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, and experience Grand Canyon Parashat’s Dark Sky Park. A special section rich inTrade Review"For on-the-go vacationers aswell as armchair travelers,…National Geographic: Atlas of Wild America...provides a picturesque super-dive into spectacular horizons. Written by Jon Waterman, a former park ranger and veteran guide, with a foreword by environmental historian Roderick F. Nash, this hefty tome, with 308 photos and 262 maps, applauds both well-known majestic favorites and off-the-beaten-path intimate finds, unveiling intricate details and data galore. Be awed by nature-loving secrets and surprises."—Laura Manske, Forbes"This gorgeous coffee table book chronicles 41 of the most spectacular public lands across North America from wilderness areas to state parks, seashores to trails. Filled with stunning National Geographic photography, essays, graphics and maps you’ll discover new places to add to your bucket list." —Outside's Yosemite National Park Trips

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Book SynopsisThe two volumes bring together the contributions of the members of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), to a project launched in 2017, with the support of the International Academic Union (UAI), under the title Human societies facing climate change in prehistory and protohistory : from the origins of Humanity to the beginning of historical times. The second volume concerns protohistory, from the beginning of the Holocene to historical times. In what climate and at what latitudes have the innovations represented by farming and animal husbandry succeeded in sustaining themselves? How did agro-pastoral societies adapt to the progression of Holocene aridity after the exceptional wet period at its beginning? Is nomadic pastoralism a specialization of an agro-pastoral society in the context of increasing aridity and/or an adaptation of animal domestication to steppe and semi-desert areas? How have agro-pastoral societies adapted to multi-century periods of climate change such as those known from protohistoric and historical periods (the crises of 8200 BP, 4200 BP, 1200 BC and 800 BC; the Roman climate optimum; the crisis of the Later Roman Empire and barbarian invasions; the medieval climate optimum; the Little Ice Age)? And how did they survive episodes of adverse weather lasting several years that caused scarcity and famine?Table of ContentsPréface ; Introduction au deuxième volume : Homme et Climat – François Djindjian ; Extinctions animales et changements climatiques au quaternaire – François Djindjian ; The last prehistoric hunters in Europe – Stefan Karol Kozłowski ; Challenges in evaluating the role of the environment in neolithization processes. The case of South-East Europe – Marek Nowak ; Hiatus et recompoitions culturelles dans le neolithique mediterraneen: le climat en cause? – Jean Guilaine ; Cultural adaptations in Libya From Upper Pleistocene to early holocene – Chronology and Stratigraphy from littoral to desert – Barbara E. Barich ; Le rôle du Sahara dans l’évolution humaine en périodes humides, lorsqu’il n’était pas un désert – Miguel Caparros ; Le Tilemsi et ses abords de la préhistoire à nos jours – Christian Dupuy ; Troupeaux Holocène au Sahara – Barbara E. Barich ; L’évènement climatique 4.2 ka BP et la transition du Néolithique à l’âge du Bronze dans le Sud-est de la France dans son context euro-méditerranéen – Olivier Lemercier ; Climat et sociétés à l’âge du Bronze en Europe occidentale – Cyril Marcigny ; Climat et société à l’âge du Fer – Olivier Buchsenschutz ; Discussion et conclusions sur les sociétés humaines face aux changements climatiques des premiers 9000 ans de l’Holocène – François Djindjian

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Book SynopsisAncient Trees in the Landscape is the outcome of many years research into the history of trees in Norfolk, and represents the first detailed, published account of the ancient and traditionally managed trees of any English county. Yet it is far more than a regional survey. It is an exploration of how trees can be studied as part of the landscape. It discusses how accurately trees can be dated; explains why old trees are found in certain contexts and not in others; discusses traditional management practices and how these changed over time; and looks at the various ways in which trees have been used in parks and gardens. Above all, it considers how trees were regarded by people in the past, and how this has affected their survival to the present. Ancient Trees in the Landscape is a fascinating and original study which sets out a new agenda in landscape history. It will be essential reading for countryside managers and conservationists, and for all those interested in landscape history, arboriculture, and the history of the English countryside.Trade ReviewThe authors present an interesting study of the ancient trees in an English county.' -- Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Botanic Garden 'Expertly written, this clear, lucid account is supported by an extensive selection of illustrations, including photographs, a map and diagrams...In sum, this book can be regarded as an iconoclastic account that will successfully assist in debunking the myths and perceptions that dominate our understanding of the role and age of tress in the landscape.' -- Agricultural History Agricultural History 'The book is very readable and well-illustrated; it deserves to be widely read amongst the conservation community as well as by landscape historians.' -- The Archaeological Journal The Archaeological JournalTable of Contents1. Ancient Trees in the Landscape 2. Dating Trees 3. Trees of Farmland and Hedgerow 4. Woods and Wood-Pastures 5. Meaning, Beauty and Commemoration 6. Orchards, Pine Rows and Willow Lines 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe ‘bog bodies’ of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. But, as this book argues, the bodies must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking ‘cold case’ forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’, it brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. The book also argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if – and how – they should be displayed.Trade Review'[...] this book is so much more than just an archaeological text setting out what we know about these fascinating remains. Giles takes us on a journey that is poignant, moving and often deeply personal. I have so much empathy in how Giles relates her work to her own sense of bereavement, having lost my own mother recently, that I am left saying, “Hell yes – this is archaeology”. Archaeology of the very best kind – the kind that helps you explore what it is to be human.'British Archaeology, Neil Redfern'Bog Bodies is an exhaustive study of human remains extracted from bogs in northern Europe where conditions amenable to preservation have resulted in the recovery of largely complete bodies. Giles (Univ. of Manchester, UK) explores the natural context of the bogs and how they interacted with the "bog bodies" found within them, delving deeply into the bodies' recovery. She deals with how historians and the public have viewed the bodies, pointing out that shaky assumptions have often driven interpretation. Treatment of the subject raises questions relating to death, from well-known examples to the more general occurrence of the dead, both in past and present cultural contexts and in relation to the bogs' natural environment. Giles's survey of finds, as well as public presentations in museums and written reconstructions, suggests to her that the dead offer a way for everyone to richly connect with and understand the lives of the past. Well-illustrated, with a current bibliography, this book is an obvious acquisition for colleges and universities with appropriate departments. The author's sensitive treatment will also interest a wider audience.--R. B. Clay, emeritus, University of KentuckySumming Up: Recommended. General readers through graduate students.Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association. -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Discovering bog bodies 3 Preserving the dead 4 Crossing the bog 5 Exquisite things and everyday treasures: interpreting deposition in the bog6 Violent ends7 Worsley Man: Manchester’s bog head 8 Disquieting exhibits9 Conclusion: creative legaciesIndex

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Book SynopsisGwithian, on the north coast of Cornwall, is a multiperiod archaeological site. Excavations by Charles Thomas in the mid-twentieth century provided evidence of human activity from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period. The present work explores the palaeoenvironment of the area around the settlement sites, from the Neolithic, when sand dunes initially developed in the Red River valley, to the present post-industrial landscape. Multiproxy analyses on sediments from coring, a test pit and mollusc columns provide a view of the changing landscape and how it may have influenced, or been influenced by, human presence and settlement. Mollusc studies are used as the principal analytical method. Multiple radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminesce dates permit these changes to be studied on a tighter time frame than was previously possible. Mining activity from the Bronze Age to the present is explored using fine-resolution geochemistry. Dating allows the timing of the extinction and introduction of some mollusc species to be refined.Table of ContentsPreface; Foreword by Jacqueline A. Nowakowski; Chapter I – Introduction ; Chapter II – Gwithian and its archaeological complex; Chapter III – Previous molluscan studies at Gwithian; Chapter IV – The current study at Gwithian; Chapter V – The coring transect; Chapter VI – Percussion cores; Chapter VII – Hand auger cores; Chapter VIII – Pollen analysis at Gwithian – by Dr. C. R. Batchelor ; Chapter IX – Chronology and discussion of the coring transect; Chapter X – Trench excavation; Chapter XI – Micromorphology analysis of a buried soil – by Dr R. Y. Banerjea; Chapter XII – Mollusc studies in the wider Gwithian landscape; Chapter XIII – Mining for tin and other metals; Chapter XIV – Discussion and conclusions; Conclusions; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCommunity Archaeology presents the results of an investigation of wetland heritage in eastern Australia, with important contributions to the archaeology of the Tasmanian Midlands and the New England Tablelands. In this first substantial project in these bioregions since 1991, OSL and radiocarbon dating at lagoon sites provided dates going back to 8000 BP, significantly extending previous information. In both regions a range of stone artefact scatters were recorded adjacent to lagoons, suggesting associated ceremonial activities. Across the regions, new OSL dates were obtained for lunette formation. These were unexpectedly diverse, with OSL dates not clustered around the Last Glacial Maximum at 20k. With sediment particle sizes suggesting both wind and water deposition, quite individual local lunette depositional histories not closely related to global climates are indicated. The book also contributes to the important global field of community engagement and education. Unlike most projects where Aboriginal people are involved in commercial archaeology, this project focussed on research. Community Elders were research team partners during fieldwork and training. Work-integrated -learning, at University and on-country locations, proved very successful as a learning approach for young participants.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Wendy Beck and Robert Haworth ; Chapter 1: Indigenous Participation and Aboriginal Education – Wendy Beck, Catherine Clarke, Judith Burns, Anne McConnell and Lagoons Aboriginal Reference Group ; Chapter 2: Connections—Aboriginal Participants’ Reflections: A Photo Essay – Compiled and photographed by Catherine Clarke and Wendy Beck ; Chapter 3: Fieldwork, Sampling and Study Areas – Wendy Beck and Robert Haworth ; Chapter 4: Dating and Chronology – Elspeth Hayes, Richard Fullagar, Wendy Beck and Kevin Kiernan ; Chapter 5: Formation and development of upland lake-lunette systems in northern New South Wales, Australia, and their relation to climate, ecological change and human occupation – Robert Haworth, Kevin Kiernan, Anne McConnell ; Chapter 6: A Review of the Archaeological Record of Surface Sites, New England Bioregion – John Appleton and Wendy Beck ; Chapter 7: Lagoon Excavations: New England Tableland Bioregion – John Appleton and Wendy Beck ; Chapter 8: Silcrete Grinding Grooves in New England, NSW – Richard Fullagar, Elspeth Hayes, Nancy Vickery, John Appleton and Wendy Beck ; Chapter 9: Contrasting Lake Formation and Late-Glacial Aeolian Activity Between the Tasmanian Central Plateau and Adjacent Midlands Graben – Kevin Kiernan, Anne McConnell, Robert Haworth, Richard Fullagar and Elspeth Hayes ; Chapter 10: The Archaeology of Lagoons of the Tasmanian Midlands and Eastern Central Plateau and Its Role in Re-Interpreting Past Tasmanian Aboriginal Landscape Use and Meaning – Anne McConnell, Andry Sculthorpe and Kevin Kiernan ; Chapter 11: The Tasmanian and New England Research in a Global Setting – Wendy Beck and Robert Haworth ; Appendix A: Analyst Report for Radiocarbon Dating ; Appendix B: Luminescence Dating of Sediments from Wetland Sites in New England, New South Wales, and Tasmania, Australia ; Appendix C: Luminescence Dating of Sediments from New England and Tasmanian Wetland Sites ; Appendix D: New England Tablelands Sediment Profile Descriptions ; Appendix E: Mapping and Characterisation of Silcrete and Axe Grinding Grooves in the New England Region, NSW

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to the Archaeology of Beekeeping aims to take a holistic view of beekeeping archaeology (including honey, wax, and associated products, hive construction, and participants in this trade) in one large interconnected geographic region, the Mediterranean, central Europe, and the Atlantic Façade. Current interest in beekeeping is growing because of the precipitous decline of bees worldwide and the disastrous effect it portends for global agriculture. As a result, all aspects of beekeeping in all historical periods are coming under closer scrutiny. The volume focuses on novel approaches to historical beekeeping but also offers new applications of more established ways of treating apicultural material from the past. It is also keenly interested in helping readers navigate the challenges inherent in studying beekeeping historically. The volume brings together scholars working on ancient, medieval, early modern, and ethnographic evidence of beekeeping from a variety of perspectives. In this sense it will serve as a handbook for current researchers in this field and for those who wish to undertake research into the archaeology of beekeeping.Table of ContentsPreface – David Wallace-Hare (San Diego State University) ; Acknowledgements ; 1. A New Approach to the Study of Ancient Greek Beekeeping – Georgios Mavrofridis (University of the Aegean) ; 2. Smoke and Bees: From Prehistoric to Traditional Smokers in Greece – Sophia Germanidou (University of Newcastle) ; 3. Potters and Beekeepers: Industrial Collaboration in Ancient Greece – Jane Francis—Concordia University (jane.francis@concordia.ca) ; 4. Etruscan 'Honey Pots': Some Observations on a Specialised Vase Shape – Paolo Persano (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) ; 5. Palynological Insights into the Ecology and Economy of Ancient Bee-Products – Lorenzo Castellano (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University); Cesare Ravazzi, Roberta Pini, Giulia Furlanetto, Franco Valoti (Research Group Vegetation, Climate and Human Stratigraphy, Laboratory of Palynology and Paleoecology, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, National Research Council, Italy) ; 6. La apicultura en el ager de Segóbriga-Cuenca, España – Jorge Morín (Departamento de Arqueología, Paleontología y Recursos Culturales de AUDEMA); Rui Roberto de Almeida (Investigador da UNIARQ-Universidade de Lisboa / Câmara Municipal de Loulé); and Isabel Sánchez Ramos (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla) ; 7. Beekeeping and Problematic Landscapes: Beekeeping and Mining in Roman Spain and North Africa – David Wallace-Hare (San Diego State University) ; 8. Evidence of Dalmatian Beekeeping in Roman Antiquity – Kristina Jelincic Vučković, Ivana Ožanić Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia); and Emmanuel Botte (MMSH, Centre Camille Jullian Aix-en-Provence Cedex) ; 9. Ancient Rock-cut Apiaries in the Mediterranean Area: Some Case Studies – Roberto Bixio (Hon. Inspector for Archaeology, sector Artificial Cavities, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage); Andrea Bixio (Centro Studi Sotterranei, Genoa); Andrea De Pascale (Museo Archeologico del Finale /Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, sezione Finalese Finale Ligure/Savona) ; 10. Appiaria vel in civitate vel in villa: Bees and Cities in the Early Medieval West – Javier Martínez Jiménez (Faculty of Classics/Churchill College, University of Cambridge) ; 11. The Production and Trade of Wax in North-Eastern Iberia, XIV-XVI C: The Case of Catalonia – Lluís Sales i Favà (King’s College London) and Alexandra Sapoznik (King’s College London) ; 12. Del panal a la mesa: La miel en la Corona de Aragón (siglos XIV-XV) – Pablo José Alcover Cateura (Food Observatory, ODELA, Universitat de Barcelona) ; 13. Honey and Wax in Medieval Tyrol on the Basis of Tyrolean Land Registers (Urbaria) and Books of Accounts – Barbara Denicolò (University of Salzburg) ; 14. Early Irish Law on Beekeeping, with Particular Reference to Bechbretha ‘Bee-Judgements’ – Fergus Kelly (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) ; 15. Arqueología de la apicultura en la Asturias preindustrial – Joaquín López Álvarez (Muséu del Pueblu d’Asturies) ; 16. Approches de l’Archéologie: L’apiculture insolite du nord de l’Espagne – Robert Chevet (Apistoria) ; 17. Historical Beekeeping in Northern Portugal: Between Traditional Practices and Innovation in Movable Frame Hives – Teresa Soeiro (CITCEM)

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition is available on the LUP and OAPEN websites.Across Europe, the early medieval period saw the advent of new ways of cereal farming which fed the growth of towns, markets and populations, but also fuelled wealth disparities and the rise of lordship. These developments have sometimes been referred to as marking an ‘agricultural revolution’, yet the nature and timing of these critical changes remain subject to intense debate, despite more than a century of research. The papers in this volume demonstrate how the combined application of cutting-edge scientific analyses, along with new theoretical models and challenges to conventional understandings, can reveal trajectories of agricultural development which, while complementary overall, do not indicate a single period of change involving the extension of arable, the introduction of the mouldboard plough, and regular crop rotation. Rather, these phenomena become evident at different times and in different places across England throughout the period, and rarely in an unambiguously ‘progressive’ fashion.Presenting innovative bioarchaeological research from the ground-breaking Feeding Anglo-Saxon England project, along with fresh insights into ploughing technology, brewing, the nature of agricultural revolutions, and farming practices in Roman Britain and Carolingian Europe, this volume is a critical new contribution to environmental archaeology and medieval studies in England and beyond. Contributors: Amy Bogaard; Hannah Caroe; Neil Faulkner; Emily Forster; Helena Hamerow; Matilda Holmes; Claus Kropp; Lisa Lodwick; Mark McKerracher; Nicolas Schroeder; Elizabeth Stroud; Tom Williamson.Table of ContentsPart I: Unpacking the ‘mouldboard plough package’Chapter 1. The ‘FeedSax’ Project: Rural Settlements and Farming in Early Medieval England (Helena Hamerow)Chapter 2. Lessons from Laxton, Highgrove and Lorsch: Building arable weed-based models for the investigation of early medieval agriculture in England (Amy Bogaard)Chapter 3. Understanding early medieval crop and animal husbandry through isotopic analysis (Elizabeth Stroud)Chapter 4. Land use in Central, East and Southeast England: arable or pasture? (Emily Forster)Chapter 5. Innovation, technology, and social change: the adoption of the mouldboard plough and its impact on human-animal relationships (Matilda Holmes)Chapter 6. Cattle and tillage in early medieval Europe: first results from the Lauresham Laboratory for Experimental Archaeology, Germany (Claus Kropp)Part II: Revolutions revisitedChapter 7. Prospect and Protect: syntironomy and cereals in early medieval England (Mark McKerracher)Chapter 8. The precursor to the revolution? Current understandings of the Roman agrarian economy of Roman Britain (Lisa Lodwick)Chapter 9. An agro-social revolution in a Mid Saxon village: making sense of the Sedgeford excavations (Neil Faulkner)Chapter 10. Malting, brewing and beer in Anglo-Saxon England: Mid Saxon Sedgeford – a case study (Hannah Caroe)Chapter 11. The ‘cerealization’ of continental North-West Europe, c. 800-1200 (Nicolas Schroeder)Chapter 12. Agriculture, Lords and Landscape in Medieval England (Tom Williamson)Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAnthropogenic climate change has become a reality, and in Australia this means longer wildfire seasons with more intense fires across a wider area. The GunaiKurnai people of southeastern Victoria saw a large proportion of their Country decimated by the Gippsland Fires of ‘Black Summer’ (2019–2020), prompting questions about the management of Country and its heritage places and artefacts, and of the role that traditional (‘cultural’) burning could play. This volume, written at the request of the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GKLaWAC), seeks to investigate these twin issues. Bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of Aboriginal Elders, archaeologists, environmental scientists, ecologists, historians and art historians, it considers the histories of GunaiKurnai and European settler burning-based landscape management practices, the impacts of fire on specific classes of cultural materials, and the broader impact of changing wildfire patterns on cultural sites in the landscape. This is a truly collaborative venture that sees GunaiKurnai and academic expertise brought to bear in the service of common and pressing issues.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction – Bruno David, Russell Mullett, Joanna Fresløv and the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation ; PART 1. Background to Fires and Cultural Burning on GunaiKurnai Country ; Chapter 2. Wildfires: Characteristics, Drivers and Impacts on Cultural Sites – Grant Williamson and Jessie Buettel ; Chapter 3. Accounts and Memories of Landscape Burning Practices in Gippsland – Seumas Spark ; Chapter 4. Eugene von Guérard on GunaiKurnai Country 1860–1861: Reading the Story of Fire in his Depictions of the Landscape – Ruth Pullin ; Chapter 5. 20th and 21st Century Wildfires and Prescribed Burning in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Bruno David and Stefania Ondei ; PART 2. The Distribution of Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country, and How Fires Affect Cultural Materials ; Chapter 6. Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Russell Mullett, Jessie Birkett-Rees, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Joanna Fresløv, Stefania Ondei, Robert Skelly and Jerome Mialanes ; Chapter 7. The Impacts of Fire on Stone Artefacts – Jerome Mialanes, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 8. The Impacts of Fires on Rock Art Sites and Ochre – Jillian Huntley and Courtney Webster ; Chapter 9. The Impact of Fires on Bone – Matthew McDowell ; Chapter 10. The Impacts of Fire on Culturally Modified Trees – Joanna Fresløv, Russell Mullett and Bruno David ; Chapter 11. Shells and Fire—Indicators and Effects – Katherine Szabó and Annette Oertle ; PART 3. Understanding the Impact of Fires on GunaiKurnai Cultural Heritage Sites: Past, Present and Future ; Chapter 12. Landscape Fires and Cultural Sites in GunaiKurnai Country – Jessie Buettel, Stefania Ondei, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 13. Archaeological Surveys in GunaiKurnai Country – Robert Skelly, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 14. Understanding the Distribution and Impacts of Wildfires in GunaiKurnai Country through Subregions – Jessie Buettel, Stefania Ondei, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv and Russell Mullett ; Chapter 15. Conclusion – Russell Mullett, Katherine Szabó, Joanna Fresløv, Bruno David, Jessie Buettel, and the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation ; References

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Book SynopsisTwo reports are published in this volume: excavations in 2004 at Henbury School, Bristol (by Derek Evans, Neil Holbrook and E.R. McSloy) and excavations in 2005 at Hewlett Packard, Filton, South Gloucestershire (by Kate Cullen, Neil Holbrook, Martin Watts, Anwen Caffell and Malin Holst).

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Book SynopsisNel regno del fango presents the preliminary results of the archaeological excavations recently carried out in the Grotta di Polla, in the province of Salerno, in the Vallo di Diano area. Speleoarchaeological researches in recent years have revealed the considerable difficulty of operating methodologically in an environment, such as that of a cave which, in addition to being often characterized by the limitations caused by the darkness and tightness of the environments, has in this case led to the presence of a considerable amount of mud which made researches even more complex. The methodologies adopted for the preservation and conservation of archaeological materials and the results obtained are therefore illustrated. From an interpretative point of view, the cave is configured as an area that has been exploited with a certain continuity from the Neolithic to the whole Bronze Age with the specific function of a burial area.Table of ContentsIntroduzione – A. Minelli ; Capitolo 1: L’archeologia in grotta del Vallo di Diano tra preistoria e protostoria – B. Spadacenta ; Capitolo 2: Storia delle ricerche speleoarcheologiche nella Grotta di Polla – F. Larocca ; Capitolo 3: Le ricognizioni archeologiche e le campagne di scavo 2016-18 – A. Minelli ; Capitolo 4: I materiali ceramici – P. Marino ; Capitolo 5: Le sepolture della Grotta di Polla: analisi paleobiologica degli inumati – S. Guglielmi ; Capitolo 6: Analisi archeobotaniche della Grotta di Polla – A. Sellitto, F. Breglia, G. Fiorentino ; Capitolo 7: Il rituale funerario della Grotta di Polla – A. Minelli ; Capitolo 8: Fotogrammetria digitale per il rilievo dello scavo in grotta – A. Di Meo ; Bibliografia

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Book SynopsisAlexandria is located on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, bordered by Egypt’s Western Desert and the fertile Nile Delta. For many centuries, Alexandria was the major port city in the Eastern Mediterranean and it has been repeatedly struck by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and land subsidence, in its ~2400-year history. This book focuses on the geomorphological and archaeological evidence on the coastal zone of Alexandria, attempting to provide a comprehensive review of its evolution, taking into consideration long-term and short-term factors. The book provides an extensive background on the geomorphology and recent geoarchaeological history of Alexandria, discussing historical maps and natural disasters. In the coastal area of Alexandria there is numerous archaeological evidence, such as burial sites, quarry activities and ancient building remnants, as well as geomorphological features, all revealing a complex evolution of the coastal zone. New evidence, such as fish tanks and ship wrecks in order to discuss the Late Holocene evolution of the coastal zone. Detailed illustrations and maps accompany the book chapters providing the reader the opportunity to gain an extensive view of Alexandria’s features.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Subsidence regime 3. Evidence of offshore subsidence in Alexandria 4. Palaeogeography 5. Historical maps 6. Historical references 7. The decline of Alexandria and physical disaster 8. Modelling tsunami vulnerability 9. Coastal zone 10. Fish tanks References

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Book SynopsisDifferent Times? Archaeological and environmental data from intra-site and off-site sequences brings together seven papers from Session II-8 of the XVIII UISPP Congress (Paris, 4-9 June 2018). The session questioned temporal correlations between intra-site and off-site data in archaeology-related contexts. The word ‘site’ describes here archaeological sites or groups of sites – usually settlements – that have undergone research in recent years and produced information on the duration and timing of human presence. Comparison with evidence from geomorphological and paleoenvironmental research conducted at various distances from settlements gives some interesting results, such as ‘missing’ occupation periods, distortions in human presence intensity through space as well as time, variability in explanations concerning the abandonment of settlements, etc. Examples presented here highlight: first, discrepancies between time records within built areas used for living and the surrounding lands used for other activities (cultivation, herding, travelling, etc); second, discrepancies produced by the use of different ‘time markers’ (ie. chronostratigraphy of archaeological layers or pottery evolution on the one hand, sedimentary or pollen sequences on the other hand). Although improving the resolution of individual data is essential, the authors argue that the joint and detailed examination of evidence produced together by human and natural scientists is more important for reaching a reliable reconstruction of past people’s activities. Both the session and the volume stem from the Working Group ‘Environmental and Social Changes in the Past’ (Changements environnementaux et sociétés dans le passé) in the research framework of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Dynamite’ (Territorial and Spatial Dynamics) of the University Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne (ANR-11-LABX-0046, Investissements d’Avenir).Table of ContentsIntroduction – Zoï Tsirtsoni, Catherine Kuzucuoğlu, Philippe Nondédéo, Olivier Weller ; The role of the duration and recurrence of settlements in our perception of human impact on the environment: an example from Northern France – Salomé Granai, Sylvie Coutard, Nicolas Cayol, Muriel Boulen ; Dynamiques environnementales et impact de l’anthropisation au Néolithique dans le vallon du Vey à Cairon (Calvados, Normandie) : apports des analyses à haute résolution sur une nouvelle séquence pollinique hors-site – Laurence Lemer, Agnès Gauthier, Laurent Lespez, Cécile Germain-Vallée ; Geoarchaeological and chronological reconstruction of the Aşıklı PPN site spatial development (Central Anatolia, Turkey) – Catherine Kuzucuoğlu, Mihriban Özbaşaran, Jean-Pascal Dumoulin, Ségolène Saulnier-Copard ; Times of historical developments and environmental changes in the Minoan town of Malia, Crete: an intra and off-site geoarcheological approach – Maia Pomadère, Laurent Lespez, Charlotte Langohr ; Environmental change and population responses in the Sechura Desert during the late Holocene – Valentina Villa, Aurélien Christol, Christine Lefèvre, Denis Correa, Philippe Béarez, Patrice Wuscher, Nicolas Bermeo, Segundo Vásquez, Belkys Gutiérrez, Nicolas Goepfert ; Archaeological and paleoenvironmental reconstructions in the tropical Maya area: the case of Naachtun (Guatemala) – Philippe Nondédéo, Cyril Castanet, Louise Purdue, Eva Lemonnier, Lydie Dussol, Julien Hiquet, Aline Garnier, Marc Testé ; Tracing the hidden history of the Maya forests through anthracological sequences – Lydie Dussol

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Book Synopsis“Los animales enseñaron el camino…”: La fauna de la Sierra Gorda queretana a través de sus representaciones cerámicas arqueológicas examines the past fauna of the Sierra Gorda region of Mexico, and its representation in archaeological ceramics. Queretaro's Sierra Gorda was declared a “Biosphere Reserve” on May 19, 1997, by presidential decree. As a natural area thus protected, there are almost 400,000 hectares of great biodiversity, in which there are at least 15 types and subtypes of different vegetation, more than 1800 species of plants, 124 of fungi and 550 species of vertebrates, among other elements that prove the natural wealth of the region. As part of the "Northern Archaeological Project of the State of Querétaro, Mexico" (PANQ), the book presents ceramic representations of the fauna of the region, relating them to the oral traditions that the inhabitants of the region have preserved until now. In so doing it demonstrates the deep interdependence of humans and animals, and analyses wider cultural interconnections across Mesoamerica. The book goes on to analyze some of these Mesoamerican cultural traits, although its main goal is to highlight the archaeological evidence that has been recovered by the project since 1990 in this still little-known region of ancient Mexico.Table of ContentsAgradecimientos ; Introducción ; A manera de preámbulo: la Humanidad y los animales en las culturas y civilizaciones antiguas ; Antecedentes geográficos y arqueológicos ; La Sierra Gorda queretana y su riqueza biológica ; Método de estudio e identificación de las piezas cerámicas ; Las representaciones en cerámica de la fauna serrana ; Clase de los anfibios ; Clase de los reptiles ; Clase de las aves ; Clase de los mamíferos ; Clase de los peces ; Invertebrados ; Filo mollusca ; Palabras finales ; Apéndice - Cuadro-resumen de las figurillas cerámicas y su contexto arqueológico y geográfico. ; Fuentes consultadas

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Book SynopsisIron Age marsh-forts are large, monumental structures located in low-lying waterscapes. Although they share chronological and architectural similarities with their hillfort counterparts, their locations suggest that they may have played a specific and alternative role in Iron Age society. Despite the availability of a rich palaeoenvironmental archive at many sites, little is known about these enigmatic structures, and until recently, the only acknowledged candidate was the unusual, dual-enclosure monument at Sutton Common, near Doncaster. Assessing Iron Age Marsh-Forts considers marsh-forts as a separate phenomenon within Iron Age society through an understanding of their landscape context and palaeoenvironmental development. At the national level, a range of Iron Age wetland monuments has been compared to Sutton Common to generate a gazetteer of potential marsh-forts. At the local level, a multi-disciplinary case-study is presented of the Berth marsh-fort in North Shropshire, incorporating GIS-based landscape modelling and multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental analysis (plant macrofossils, beetles and pollen). The results of both the gazetteer and the Berth case-study challenge the view that marsh-forts are simply a topographical phenomenon. These substantial Iron Age monuments appear to have been deliberately constructed to control areas of marginal wetland and may have played an important role in the ritual landscape.Trade Review‘Well written, -illustrated, and -referenced, this is a helpful addition to the literature on this part of the later prehistoric settlement record.’ – Ian Ralston (2022): Current Archaeology, Issue 390‘Overall, this work provides a welcome investigation of a poorly understood site type within prehistoric archaeology. The application of landscape archaeology and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction techniques provides a wholistic approach to the understanding of the landscape setting of the Berth and is a welcome example of best practice into the investigation of wetland landscapes.’ – Tudur Davies (2022): Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 171 ‘Norton has delivered a solid study on an elusive subject and succeeds in putting forward a convincing framework for studying marsh-forts in the future as a more common site type and, in some cases, important centres in hillfort-dominated landscapes. Their position in their waterscapes is both deliberate and meaningful. Adopting these proposals for marsh-forts will certainly have an impact on the perception of, and stimulate fresh input into, future research in the British Iron Age.’ – Marion Uckelmann (2023): Antiquity Vol. 97 (395)Table of ContentsSummary ; Chapter 1: Assessing Iron Age marsh-forts - an introduction ; Chapter 2: The British Iron Age, hillforts and marsh-forts - Literature Review ; Chapter 3: Methodology and Resources ; Chapter 4: Marsh-forts in a landscape context ; Chapter 5: North Shropshire’s marsh-forts ; Chapter 6: The Berth – a marsh-fort in its landscape context ; Chapter 7: The Berth – stratigraphic sequencing and radiocarbon dating ; Chapter 8: The Berth – Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction ; Chapter 9: Assessing Iron Age marsh-forts – Discussion and Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Appendix 1 – Radiocarbon dates ; Appendix 2 – Samples weights and volumes ; Appendix 3 – Full species lists

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Book SynopsisAquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica explores the subsistence strategies that ancient Mesoamericans implemented to survive and thrive in their environments. It discusses the natural settings, production sites, techniques, artifacts, cultural landscapes, traditional knowledge, and other features linked to human subsistence in aquatic environments. The study is based on analyses of fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture (among other activities), all of which were integral elements of aquatic lifeways. In addition to the aquatic lifeways themselves, salt-making, and intensive agriculture developed and practiced in lakes and marshes are also examined. The study adopts a perspective based on ethnoarchaeology and ethnohistory, complemented by archaeological field data.Trade Review'This is a monumental contribution… This pioneering work will stand and endure as a landmark publication, an inspiration for future studies of this sort in Mexico and in other parts of the world...' - Jeffrey R. Parsons, University of Michigan‘I am convinced this book will become an instant classic on the subject and it will be referenced in future articles in this journal. The style is informative for students of anthropology, geography, and related disciplines like sustainable engineering. Followers of Lo-TEK (Traditional Environmental Knowledge) will find here excellent source material and ideas to further recover and adapt traditional ways.’ – Ramón Folch González (2023): Ethnoarchaeology, DOI: 10.1080/19442890.2023.2184909Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter I: Introduction ; The Mesoamerican Aquatic Lifeway ; Ethnoarchaeology ; Ethnohistory ; Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica ; Archaeological Implications ; Content and Structure of this Book ; Chapter II: The Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán: Natural Resources and Subsistence Activities ; Ethnohistorical Information on Aquatic Subsistence in Michoacán ; Ethnographic Analysis and Archaeological Interpretation ; The Natural Environment of the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin ; Ethnographic Information on Subsistence Activities in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin ; Subsistence Activities in Aquatic Contexts: Archaeological Markers ; Final remarks ; Chapter III: Salt Production in Mesoamerica: Tool Assemblages and Cultural Landscapes ; Nutrition ; Food Preservation ; Salt Production in Mesoamerica ; The Basin of Mexico ; The Salt-Making Tool Assemblage ; The Salt-Making Landscape ; Final Remarks ; Chapter IV: Aquatic Subsistence in Central Mexico ; The Basin of Mexico ; The Alto Lerma Basin ; Final Remarks ; Chapter V: Aquatic Subsistence in the Maya Area ; The Maya Highlands ; The Maya Lowlands ; Pre-Hispanic Cities and Agriculture in the Maya Area ; Maya Cities of the Classic Period ; Intensive Agriculture among the Ancient Maya ; Final Remarks ; Chapter VI: Discussion and Conclusions ; Challenges for Future Research ; References

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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging study uses historical and archaeological evidence to consider humanity's interactions with the environment, fashioning agricultural, gardening and horticultural regimes over a millennium and a half. The discussions of archaeological finds of seeds from discarded rubbish including animal fodder and bedding show the wide range of wild species present, as well as cultivated and gathered plants in the diet of inhabitants and livestock. Pollen analyses, and studies of wood, mosses, and beetles, alongside a look at the local natural environment, and comparison with medieval written records give us a tantalizing picture of early Winchester. The earliest record is by Ælfric of Eynsham in his 11th-century Nomina Herbarum. From medieval records come hints of gardens within the city walls, and considerable detail about agriculture and horticulture, and produce brought into the city. Wild fruit and nuts were also being gathered from the countryside for the town’s markets and mills. At St Giles’ Fair exotic imported spices and fruits were also sold. All these sources of evidence are brought together to reveal more fully the roles of agriculture and the environment in the development of Winchester.Trade Review'This is a comprehensive study of organic remains from important Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, and later medieval archaeological sites in Winchester. Most usefully the archaeobotanical data, which were collected in the 1960–80s, have been integrated with documentary and historical evidence thereby enabling a better understanding of the development of the early historic city.' – Keith Wilkinson, Professor of Geoarchaeology and Director of ARCA, University of Winchester‘This tenth volume of the Winchester Studies series focuses on the environmental and historical evidence for food consumption in Winchester itself and for agricultural production and local vegetation in its immediate environs. The archaeological data presented here derive from excavations within the walled city between 1961 and 1971, and cover the early Roman to Late Middle Ages. It is a well-produced volume, with the text divided into three parts, outlined below, followed by a concordance of samples, a general index and an index of plant and insect names.’ – Marijke Van Der Veen (2023): Medieval Archaeology Volume 67, Issue 2Table of ContentsPreface ; I: Introduction and Environment ; 1. Introduction – Martin Biddle, Jane M. Renfrew with contributions by Francis J. Green and Patrick Ottaway ; 2. The Natural Environment of the Winchester Region – Jane M. Renfrew and Patrick Ottaway ; II: The Written Evidence ; 3. Aelfric's Nomina Herbarum and the Plant Remains from Anglo-Saxon Winchester – Debby Banham ; 4. Agriculture and the Use of Plants in Medieval Winchester: the Documentary Evidence – Derek J. Keene ; 5. Gardens in Medieval and Later Winchester: the Castle, Wolvesey Palace and Eastgate House – Beatrice Clayre and Martin Biddle ; 6. Field Crops and their Cultivation in Hampshire, 1200-1350, in the Light of Documentary Evidence – Jan Z. Titow ; III: The Archaeological Evidence ; 7. Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Deposits in Winchester – Erwin Isenberg and Jane M. Renfrew ; 8. The Identification and Utilization of Wood in Early Winchester – Suzanne Keene ; 9. The Roman Plant Remains – Peter Murphy ; 10. The Plant Economy and Vegetation of Anglo-Saxon Winchester – Michael Monk ; 11. Plant Remains and Agriculture in Norman and Later Medieval Winchester – Francis J. Green ; 12. Roman and Post-Roman Moss from Lower Brook Street Moss – Dorian Williams and Jane M. Renfrew ; 13. Insect Fauna from Lower Brook Street – Peter J. Osborne ; 14. Conclusion – Patrick Ottaway ; Concordance of Samples ; Index 1: General Index ; Index 2: Insects and Plants

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Book SynopsisEnvironment, Archaeology and Landscape is a collection of papers dedicated to Martin Bell on his retirement as Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Reading. Three themes outline how wetland and inland environments can be related and investigated using multi-method approaches. ‘People and the Sea: Coastal and Intertidal Archaeology’ explores the challenges faced by humans in these zones – particularly relevant to the current global sea level rise. ‘Patterns in the Landscape: Mobility and Human-environment Relationships’ includes some more inland examples and examines how past environments, both in Britain and Europe, can be investigated and brought to public attention. The papers in ‘Archaeology in our Changing World: Heritage Resource Management, Nature Conservation and Rewilding’ look at current challenges and debates in landscape management, experimental and community archaeology. A key theme is how archaeology can contribute time depth to an understanding of biodiversity and environmental sustainability. This volume will be of value to all those interested in environmental archaeology and its relevance to the modern world.Trade Review'This volume therefore provides interesting and important new data and perspectives on a range of subjects, both technical and more theoretical. Importantly, the volume reminds us all of the immense value of our mentors and colleagues like Martin, who nourish our careers and enrich our lives.' – Jane Sidell (2022): The Prehistoric Society, June 2022‘Organising a book around the career of a researcher is an effective way of getting a cross-section of research in a specific field. It may not be a book that the average reader will read cover to cover; neither is it one that provides a complete overview of landscape archaeology and environmental change (however, this is not the aim of the book). It is a book for anyone who wants to know more about the work of Martin Bell and the field he has contributed to so much to over the past five decades; and for collaborators of Bell to reminisce about joint efforts and enjoy the, often touching, memories and anecdotes from his collaborators throughout the book.’ – Alice Milner (2022): The Holocene, DOI: 10.1177/0959683622109469Table of ContentsEditors’ foreword ; Editors’ acknowledgements ; Martin Bell: a personal appreciation – Mike Walker ; Bishopstone, Sussex ; PEOPLE AND THE SEA: COASTAL AND INTERTIDAL ARCHAEOLOGY ; Mesolithic footprints – a protocol ; Chapter 1: Battling the tides: the Severn Estuary wetlands during the prehistoric, Roman and medieval times – Stephen Rippon ; Footprints at Goldcliff, Severn Estuary ; Chapter 2: Walking beside our ancestors – Kirsten Barr ; Chapter 3: Prehistoric activity on the Atlantic coastline: Westwood Ho! submerged forest – Michael J. Grant, Scott Timpany, Fraser Sturt and Alice de Vitry d’Avaucourt ; Chapter 4: Humans and their environment during prehistory at Gwithian, Cornwall – Thomas Walker ; Chapter 5: From coast to coast: recent palaeoecological investigations of submerged forests and intertidal peats at two coastal sites in the UK – Scott Timpany ; Chapter 6: Neolithic and Bronze Age landing places in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia – Richard Bradley ; Chapter 7: The Sørenga D1A borehole site, Oslo Harbour, Norway: a multi-analytical geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental approach – Johan Linderholm, Richard Macphail, Jan Bill, Grethe Bukkemoen, Samuel Ericson, Sofi Östman and Roger Englemark ; PATTERNS IN THE LANDSCAPE: MOBILITY AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHSIPS ; Martin in the field ; Chapter 8: Hidden landscapes and lost islands – researching Somerset’s coastal wetlands – Richard Brunning ; Brean Down, Somerset ; Chapter 9: The Early-Middle Holocene of the River Parrett, Somerset: geoarchaeological investigations 2006-2011 – Keith Wilkinson, John Athersuch, Rob Batchelor and Nigel Cameron ; Chapter 10: Drylands and wetlands; soils, sediments and snails – Michael J. Allen ; Fieldwork in the Kennet Valley ; Chapter 11: The Kennet Valley Predictive Mapping Project: contributions to development control, heritage management and nature conservation – Catherine Barnett, Michael J. Grant, Jonathan Last and Sarah Orr ; Chapter 12: The lumpy outdoors: moving through landscapes and weather-worlds – Jim Leary ; Excavations at marden, Wiltshire ; ARCHAEOLOGY IN OUR CHANGING WORLD: HERITAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURE CONSERVATION AND REWILDING ; Martin’s dress ; Chapter 13: Translating geoarchaeology into geo-itineraries – Rowena Banerjea ; Chapter 14: 30 years of discovery, conservation and management of cultural heritage of England’s wetlands – Jen Heathcote [Open Access: DOI: 10.32028/9781803270845-ch14] ; Chapter 15: Wildwood, wood-pasture and rewilded woods: palaeoecological perspectives from ancient woodland – Petra Dark ; Experimental earthworks and buildings ; Chapter 16: Environmental archaeology and the wilding conundrum – Terry O’Connor ; Chapter 17: Using experimental archaeology at Butser Ancient Farm to interpret the cultural formation processes of ancient metalworking – Chris Speed ; Butser ancient farm, Hampshire – Fergus Milton ; Chapter 18: Footprints in the mind: a legacy of public engagement through 181 the Living Levels Project – Alison Offord ; Personal reflections ; Bibliography of Martin Bell ; Television programmes ; Index

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Book SynopsisQuesto volume è dedicato agli Atti del Convegno Paesaggi urbani e rurali in trasformazione organizzato dalla Scuola di Dottorato delle Università di Pisa, Firenze e Siena per discutere le trasformazioni del paesaggio in una prospettiva diacronica. Il volume affronta il tema del paesaggio come entità complessa e dinamica caratterizzata da una molteplicità di fenomeni in continua trasformazione prodotti dall'interazione e dal reciproco condizionamento di fattori naturali e antropici. Adottando questa prospettiva, il paesaggio viene studiato attraverso l'analisi e l'interpolazione di molteplici fonti. Uso delle risorse, produzione, distribuzione e popolazione, vengono letti in una prospettiva ampia per contestualizzare la presenza umana nel tempo e nello spazio. Diversi casi di studio, quindi, consentono di affrontare il tema da diversi punti di vista - urbano, commerciale, produttivo, culturale - per valorizzare le caratteristiche peculiari dell'ambiente per come è stato vissuto e percepito.Table of ContentsPremessa – Paolo Liverani ; Introduzione – Fabio Fabiani, Gabriele Gattiglia ; I SESSIONE: INSEDIAMENTO E AMBIENTE ; Nuovi spunti per una ricostruzione del contesto della città bassa di Populonia alla luce dei nuovi scavi – Giorgio Baratti ; Riflessioni sul territorio di Vetulonia in epoca etrusca attraverso l’analisi del rapporto tra l’uomo e l’ambiente – Giuditta Pesenti ; L’Auser e l’ager Lucensis: analisi spaziali per una ricostruzione delle dinamiche tra fiume e insediamento – Salvatore Basile ; Pisa, città di pianura. Dinamiche di formazione di un paesaggio tra età ellenistica, romana e tardo-antica – Antonio Campus, Lorenza La Rosa ; Gli scavi del settore nord-occidentale di Piazza del Duomo (Pisa). Nuovi dati per la ricostruzione del paesaggio urbano in epoca romana – Germana Sorrentino ; II SESSIONE: RISORSE NATURALI, PRODUZIONE E SCAMBIO ; Tra archeologia e storia: parole, approcci e metodi di studio del paesaggio e degli spazi Rurali – Anna Maria Stagno ; Scambi commerciali a Puteoli in età augustea. Osservazioni preliminari sui contenitori da trasporto dall’US 9711 del Rione Terra – Giancarlo Di Martino ; L’altro volto della ricchezza : due aree di potere a confronto. Miranduolo (Chiusdino-SI) e Poggibonsi (SI) tra IX e X secolo – Cristina Menghini ; Centri produttivi e tecnologie di manifattura: il contributo delle tecniche archeometriche per lo studio di ceramiche archeologiche – Eleonora Odelli

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Book Synopsis‘Archaeology and Techne’ publishes papers resulting from the European project EPNet (Production and Distribution of Food during the Roman Empire: Economic and Political Dynamics). Various interdisciplinary research techniques and results are presented. The main goal of the EPNET project was to use formal tools to investigate existing hypotheses about the Roman economy in order to understand which products, and in which periods, were distributed through the different geographical regions of the empire. The project also aimed to ascertain the role that different political and economic agents played in controlling both production and trade networks.Trade Review'To anyone wanting to know the intricacies of working with Network Science and databases being a humanist, this is a very recommendable read.' – Arnau Lario Devesa (2022): Rezensionsjournal sehepunkteTable of ContentsArqueología y Téchne – José Remesal Rodríguez ; Interacciones que dejan huella. Hacia una ciencia de redes de los objetos que quedaron – Luce Prignano, Ignacio Morer Zapata and Albert Díaz-Guilera ; RomanOpenData: A semantic based Data Visualization & Exploratory Interface – Xavi Giménez Baqués, Alessandro Mosca, Bernardo Rondelli and Guillem Rull Fort ; From Counting Pots to Reconstructing Economy: Computational Tools Developed in the EPNet Project – Iza Romanowska, Simon Carrignon, María Coto-Sarmiento, Jean-Marc Montanier and Xavi Rubio-Campillo ; Similarity Analysis in Epigraphy. Syntactic Clustering of Tituli Picti on the PO8 Amphoras – Daniel J. Martín Arroyo-Sánchez and Iza Romanowska ; La economía de Mauretania Tingitana en el Alto Imperio (2009-2019). Colaboraciones internacionales y aplicación de nuevas técnicas – Lluís Pons Pujol ; Analysis tools for the study of the amphorae productions from the northeast of Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis. A first approach from EPNet Project – Antoni Martín i Oliveras, Carlos Palacín Copado and Jordi Pérez González ; La codificación de los sellos sobre ánforas olearias Dressel 20 en la Baetica – Juan Moros Díaz ; La importacia de una provincia bisagra en el concierto del Imperio romano. El caso de Raetia – Juan Manuel Bermúdez Lorenzo ; Olive Oil Beyond the Wall: Stamps on Baetican Dressel 20 found on the Forth-Clyde Isthmus – Jordi Pérez González ; Approaches to the Roman Food Economy: GIS Agricultural Modelling in Baetica and Amphorae Epigraphy from Pompeii – Daniel J. Martín Arroyo-Sánchez ; Bibliography of the EPNet Project – Leticia Sierra Díaz and Jordi Pérez González

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Book SynopsisDrawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotland explores the interaction of human populations with the land, waters, forests and wildlife.This volume spans 450 years that saw profound transformation in Scotland's environment. It begins in the fifteenth century, when the Golden Age' of the early 1200s was but a fading folk memory in a land gripped by the gathering grimness of a little ice age'. Colder, wetter, stormier weather became the new normal, interspersed with brief episodes of warmer but still moist conditions, all of which brought huge challenges to a society on the knife-edge of subsistence. Viewing the religious and political upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries against the cycles of disease and dearth that were ever-present into the later 1700s, the book explores the slow adoption and application of the ideas of Improvement' and the radical disruption of Scotl

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Book SynopsisApproximately 3.4 million tons of biosolids, dry weight, are land-applied annually to farms, forests, rangelands, mine lands, and other land use types. Biosolids are defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "the primarily organic solid product yielded by municipal wastewater treatment processes that can be beneficially recycled" as soil amendments. Concerns for potential human health effects from land-applied biosolids can be addressed through the conduct of a risk assessment. This book focuses on the systematic planning step (a "problem formulation" defining the major factors to be considered) for risk assessments of pathogens in land-applied biosolids. This book follows the common problem formulation steps of hazard identification, conceptual model development, and the development of an analysis plan. A review of pathogens in biosolids literature forms the basis of this book. The intended use of this book is to assist in the development of future risk assessments and to identify specific research needed to fill current data gaps.

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Book SynopsisCanadian botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger shows us how forests can not only heal us, but save the planet.

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Book SynopsisIn this collection, prominent archaeologists explore the sophisticated political and logistical organisations that were required to plan and complete these architectural marvels. They discuss the long-term political, social, and military impacts these projects had on their respective civilizations, and illuminate the significance of monumentality among early complex societies in the Americas.

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Book SynopsisPreface.- Introduction: An Overview of Palace Archaeology.- Chapter 1: The Predecessor to Palace and Sheji: The Great House and Kunlun in the Neolithic Age.- Chapter 2: On the Archetype of Palace: Huangdi’s House Complex at Dadiwan F901.- Chapter 3: On the Primitive Palaces Unearthed in the Erlitou Site.- Chapter 4: The Palace of the Shang Capital Bo: Yanshi (Shixiang) Shang City Site I.- Chapter 5: The Palace of Zhengzhou Shang City Site.- Chapter 6: Temporary Palaces of the Late Yin Dynasty: The Yin Ruins in Xiaotun Village.- Chapter 7: Palace Architectures of Vassal States of the Yin/Shang Dynasty: Panlongcheng Site in Huangpi and Fengchu Site in Zhouyuan.- Chapter 8: The Shape and Structure of the Ming Tang of the Zhou Dynasty Inferred from Archaeological Materials.- Chapter 9: Remnants of Imperial Architecture in the Capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.- Chapter 10: The Palace System of the Zhou Dynasty as Seen from the Palace Complex Sites in Capital Cities of Princedom States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.- Chapter 11: Beautiful Palaces on High Terraces of the Eastern Zhou States.- Chapter 12: Achievements in the Construction of Imperial Architecture of the Zhou Dynasty.- Chapter 13: The Majestic Palace Complex of the Qin Empire.- Chapter 14: Grandeur lies in magnificence – Palaces of the Western Han Dynasty.- Chapter 15: The Palaces of the Nanyue King and Minyue King.- Chapter 16: The Palaces in Luoyang during the Eastern Han Dynasty.- Chapter 17: The Palaces of the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.- Chapter 18: The Epoch-making Imperial Architecture of the Sui Dynasty.- Chapter 19: Palaces of the Tang Dynasty.- Chapter 20: Shangjing Palace of Bohai Kingdom.- Chapter 21: A Glimpse of Palaces of the Northern Song Dynasty from the Perspective of Image Material.- Chapter 22: Mausoleum Towers of Emperors of the Western Xia Regime.- Chapter 23: Palace Site of Middle Capital of the Yuan Dynasty.- Chapter 24: Palace Sites of Middle Capital and Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty.- Chapter 25: Side Arcades of Fengtian Hall of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing: Guard House in the Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.- References.- Index.

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Book SynopsisMore than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbial degree. Yet it was the sea's capacity for movement both literally and figuratively through such emotions as fear, hope and pity that formed one of the primary means of conceptualizing its significance in Late Antique societies. This volume advances a new and interdisciplinary understanding of what the sea as an environment and the pursuit of seafaring meant in antiquity, drawing on a range of literary, legal and archaeological evidence to explore the social, economic and cultural factors at play. The contributions are structured into three thematic parts which move from broad conceptual categories to specific questions of networks and mobility. Part One takes a wide view of the Mediterranean as an environment with great metaphorical and symbolic potential. Part Two looks at networks of seaborne communication and the roleTrade ReviewSeafaring and Mobility in the Late Antique Mediterranean has much to offer historians and archaeologists. It is a collection of fresh and innovative studies of seafaring, mobility and connectivity in the late antique Mediterranean world. * The Classical Review *This volume is an innovative piece of scholarly work that discusses in novel ways the interactions of humans with the marine environment during Late Antiquity. The subject of the volume touches on important current topics like continuity and disruption in human societies that lived in contact with dynamic natural environments like the sea, making it a very fitting contribution for this Ancient Environment Series. With its interdisciplinary approach the book highlights how it is possible to make Classics and research of the ancient Mediterranean world relevant to the present and the future. -- Katerina Velentza * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *This is an in-depth volume that brings welcome attention and discussion to some of the previously overlooked spaces, places and themes within the study of the seafaring world of the Mediterranean in Late-Antiquity. -- Julian Whitewright, Visiting Fellow in Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Translations List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction: Approaches to the Later Imperial Mediterranean as an Environment Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland) and Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece) Part I: Imagination and Domination: The Mediterranean as a Conceptual Environment 1. Knights, Kings, and Dragons: The Symbolic Conquest of the Mediterranean Sea in Late Antiquity and its Historical Background Joanna Töyräänvuori (University of Helsinki, Finland) 2. Migrating Mosaics: Transforming Images of Oceanus and Marine Environments from the Imperial Period to Late Antiquity Alexandra Grigorieva (University of Helsinki, Finland) 3. Mediterranean as a Contested Environment in Late Antiquity Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece) Part II: A Networked Environment 4. Connecting People in the Mediterranean: Mobility and Migration in Ostia and Portus Arja Karivieri (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Finland) 5. ... d?? ??s?? p??e?? ... Taking the Island Route: Trade and exchange along the coast of Southern Naxos Hallvard Indjerd (British School at Athens, Greece) 6. ‘Stepping across thresholds”: Islands as Resilient Spaces of Connectivity in the Passage from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages (c. 500-ca. 700) Luca Zavagno (Bilkent University, Turkey) and Zeynep Olgun (Koç University, Turkey) Part III: Braving the Sea in the Later Empire 7. ‘Washed by the Waves’. Fighting against Shipwrecking in the Later Roman Empire Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland) 8. Upwind Sailing Capabilities of Square-Rigged Ships in Late Antiquity and the Ramifications for Trade Networks Doug Forsyth (University of St Andrews, UK) 9. On the Byzantine Tradition of D. 14.2.9 (Maec. ex lege Rhodia): A Note concerning the Emperor as Ruler on the Sea Valerio Massimo Minale (Bocconi University, Spain) Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow did rural Britain become modern during the twentieth century? New Lives, New Landscapes examines how the development of modern infrastructure in Britain transformed both its landscapes and the lives of those who lived within them. Shifting the focus away from the city, the narrative challenges us to rethink what we mean by modern Britain.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors 1: Linda M. Ross, Katrina Navickas, Matthew Kelly, and Ben Anderson: Introduction 2: Jeremy Burchardt: In-between Landscapes 3: Kristen Bluemel: Rural Modernity in Britain: Landscape, Literature, Nostalgia 4: Gareth Roddy: Seeing like a Quarryman: Landscape, Quarrying, and Competing Visions of Rural England along Hadrian's Wall, 1930-1960 5: Katrina Navickas: Building Amenity in Areas of Non-Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Southern Pennines 6: Ian Waites: The Post-war Power Station and the Persistence of an English Landscape Tradition 7: Moa Carlsson: England and the Isovist 8: Karen Sayer: The View from the Land, 1947-1968: 'Modernity' in British Agriculture, Farm, and Nation 9: Paul Readman: Landscape of Military Modernity: From 'Eyesores' to National Heritage? 10: Linda M. Ross: Nuclear Narratives: Rural Modernity, Identity, and Heritage in the Highlands and Islands 11: Ysanne Holt: Think Rural: Act Now 12: Ben Anderson and Matthew Kelly: What Happens When Rural Modernity Ceases to be Modern? 13: Tim O'Riordan: The New 'New Landscapes': A Personal View Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Testot's Cataclysms: An Environmental History of Humanity is a global and historical tour de force of humans facing nature; from the earliest of times to our present days. Testot's book demonstrates that we still are monkeys; basically seeking the tribal pleasures of a warm pool. Yes, the human monkey has conquered the world, dominated nature, and transformed the Earth. But that's it. Nothing more. Thus, in 2020, this monkey world is as vulnerable as ever in its struggle to cope with a single, tiny virus--COVID-19. Now is the time to stop, think, and read this book."--Dag Herbjornsrud, global historian of ideas and founder of SGOKI.org 'Whether it be the internet or the coronavirus, we all know the world is connected. But how did we get here? In this brilliant, highly readable book, Testot answers that question. He follows mankind's trek out of Africa and the footprint this 'naked ape' left behind as humans conquered the world's continents. It is a study of environmental tragedy, but Testot also tells a story of hope. He provides a history of our shared past from the earliest times to the present and, in so doing, suggests how this can help us to make the future better." --Christopher Goscha, Universite du Quebec a MontrealTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Monkey Conquers the World 1 We Are the Children of the Climate 2 The End of the Elephants 3 The Wheat Deal 4 CollapsePart II: Monkey Dominates Nature 5 When Gods Guide the Way 6 All Empires Will Fall 7 After Summer Comes Winter 8 Biological Hazards 9 Demographic HazardsPart III: Monkey Transforms the Earth 10 The Promises of Quicksilver 11 Cold, Cold Earth 12 Dying for the Forest 13 Unlimited Energy 14 The Cold Chill of Catastrophe 15 A Time of Excess 16 The Blind Flock 17 Tomorrow’s World Conclusion Epilogue to the English Edition: Two and a Half Years after the French Edition . . . Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Chronology Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThese captivating reflections on the history of our environment and ourselves will make you think differently not only about Canada’s past but also about our future.Trade ReviewAnd what a showcase it is. Yet another accomplishment of indefatigable editors… -- Ruth Morgan, director, Centre for Environmental History at Australian National University * NiCHE *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Nature and Nation / Graeme Wynn2 Painting the Map Red / Graeme Wynn3 Listening for Different Stories / Julie Cruikshank4 Eldorado North? / Stephen J. Hornsby and Graeme Wynn5 Back to the Land / Colin M. Coates6 Nature We Cannot See / Graeme Wynn7 The Wealth of Wilderness / Claire E. Campbell8 Imagining the City / Michèle Dagenais9 Never Just a Hole in the Ground / Arn Keeling and John Sandlos10 Every Creeping Thing … / Ken Cruikshank11 The Power of Canada / Steve Penfold12 Questions of Scale / Tina Loo13 A Gendered Sense of Nature / Joanna Dean14 Advocates and Activists / Graeme Wynn, with Jennifer Bonnell15 Climates of Our Times / Liza Piper16 Time Chased Me Down, and I Stopped Looking Away / Heather E. McGregorIndex

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Book SynopsisMigration has always been a fundamental human activity, yet little collaboration exists between scientists and social scientists examining how it has shaped past and contemporary societies. This innovative volume brings together sociocultural anthropologists, archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, ethnographers, paleopathologists, and others to develop a unifying theory of migration.Trade ReviewArtfully integrates scholarship on both past and present migration. With its thematic focus on disruption, this volume develops unprecedented nuance in the treatment of migration."" - Graciela S. Cabana, coeditor of Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration""A significant contribution to the social sciences in general and a future staple for archaeologists and anthropologists. Migration and Disruptions demonstrates the importance of collaboration and constructive dialogues between the traditional subfields composing the umbrella title of anthropology."" - Stephen A. Brighton, author of Historical Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora: A Transnational Approach

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Book SynopsisGenerally portrayed as a windswept wasteland of marginal use for human habitation, Patagonia is an unmatched testing ground for some of the world's most important questions about human ecology and cultural change. In this volume, archaeologist Raven Garvey presents a critical synthesis of Patagonian prehistory, bringing an evolutionary perspective and unconventional evidence to bear on enduringly contentious issues in New World archaeology, including initial human colonization of the Americas, widespread depopulation between 8,000 and 4,000 years ago, and the transition from foraging to farming. Garvey's novel hypotheses question common assumptions regarding Patagonia's suitability for prehistoric hunter-gatherers. She makes four primary arguments: (1) the surprising lack of clothing in parts of prehistoric Patagonia supports a relatively slow initial colonization of the Americas; (2) the sparse record of human habitation during the middle Holocene may be due to prehistoric behavioral changes and archaeological sampling methods rather than population decline; (3) farming never took root in Patagonia because risks associated with farming likely outweighed potential benefits; and, finally, (4) the broad trajectory of cultural change in Patagonia owes as much to feedback between population size and technology as to conditions in the rugged Patagonian outback itself.

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Book SynopsisThis book summarizes the latest archeological findings on Liangzhu culture and outlines the rise and fall of Liangzhu society in terms of its environment, flora and fauna. In addition, it seeks to analyze the characteristics of animal breeding and agricultural cultivation in Liangzhu from the perspectives of archeobotany and archeozoology. In turn, it explores the dietary structure and population density, reaching the bold conclusion that the dramatic increase in population gave rise to environmental deterioration and to natural disasters that eventually destroyed the Liangzhu culture. Table of ContentsChapter I Climate and Environment of Liangzhu Site 1. Human and Nature 1.1 Climate and History 1.2 The mysterious 30 degrees north latitude 2. Rise and fall of Liangzhu Culture 2.1 C-shaped area of Liangzhu Culture 2.2 Chinese paradise: Jiangnan 2.3 Prehistoric Power 3. How to study paleoenvironment 3.1 Book of the earth 3.2 Magical chemical elements and isotopes 3.3 “Invisible” history Chapter Ⅱ Animal World of Liangzhu Site 1. Zooarchaeology of Liangzhu 1.1 What is zooarchaeology? 1.2 Field sampling 1.3 Laboratory work 2. Long misunderstood Liangzhu animals 2.1 Wild boar or domestic pig? 2.2 Bubalus mephistopheles ≠ Modern buffalo 2.3 Yellow-spotted giant turtle, Taihu lake turtle, lump-head turtle, Sishi turtle, or spotted turtle? 2.4 Chicken or pheasant? 2.5 Sheep, goat, or Capricornus sumatraensis? 3. Liangzhu people keep up with animals 3.1 See big through “small” 3.2 From bones to tools 3.3 Animal images (animal images applied to jadeware and other artwork) Chapter Ⅲ Plant Paradise of Liangzhu Site 1. Emergence of Archaeobotany 2. Archaeobotany of Liangzhu Site 2.1 Rice farming 2.2 Fruit and vegetable cultivation 2.3 Processing and utilization of wood 2.4 Ingenious building material—Straw-wrapped Mud

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Book SynopsisSir Harry Godwin has written a companion volume to his widely acclaimed Fenland: its ancient past and uncertain future. He follows the same historical approach that made Fenland so interesting. Vast rain-fed peat bogs still cover the landscape of northern and western Britain, their ecology, vegetation and flora unfamiliar to most of our population. Yet, through the millennia since last Ice Age, they have accumulated ever-deepening acidic peat, whose plant remains are a precious archive of the events of the past. Upon investigation, the reconstructed bog vegetation gave clues to former climatic history, pollen analysis provided a chronological scale dependent upon changes in upland forest composition and archaeological objects from the Mesolithic to the Roman period were recovered by peat-diggers from observed horizons in the bogs. The Archives of Peat Bogs will be of great interest to a wide readership comprising both amateur and professional biologists, geologists, geographers, archaeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Quaternary research and mires; 2. Living raised bog; 3. Raised bog stratigraphy: first steps; 4. Blanket bog; 5. Plants of the bogs: Sphagnum; 6. Plants of the bogs: sedges and such; 7. Plants of the bogs: dwarf shrubs etc.; 8. Recent peat of Somerset: a double inundation; 9. Trackways in context; 10. Geology of levels and lakes: marine transgressions and lake settlements; 11. Old peat and Neolithic culture; 12. Disforestation and agriculture; 13. Pollen zones and sea-level changes absolutely dated; 14. Climatic registration; 15. The archive appraised; References; Short glossary; Index.

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