Environmental archaeology Books

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 SynopsisRenowned environmental historian I.G. Simmons synthesises detailed research into the landscape history of the coastal area of Lincolnshire between Boston and Skegness and its hinterland of Tofts, Low Grounds and Fen as far as the Wolds. With many excellent illustrations Simmons chronicles the ways in which this low coast, backed by a wet fen, has been managed to display a set of landscapes which have significant differences that contradict the common terminology of uniformity, calling the area 'flat' or referring to everywhere from Cleethorpes to King's Lynn as 'the fens'.These usually labelled 'flat' areas of East Lincolnshire between Mablethorpe and Boston are in fact a mosaic of subtly different landscapes. They have become that way largely due to the human influences derived from agriculture and industry. Between the beginning of Norman rule and the advent of pumped drainage, a number of significant changes took place.The author has accumulated information from Roman times until the beginnings of fossil-fuel powered drainage, bringing together both scientific data and documentary evidence including medieval and early modern documents from the National Archive, Lincolnshire Archives, Bethlem Hospital and Magdalen College, Oxford, to explore the little-known archives of regional interest.Trade Review[A] particularly strong feature is the use of extracts from primary sources that bring the landscape - and the people who managed it - to life. * Medieval Archaeology *This is a rich and complex book … worth persisting with, which tells a fascinating story of the evolution of part of the Lincolnshire landscape. * Lincolnshire Past & Present *[T]his is a useful and highly accessible piece of landscape history that emphasises the richness and variety of an often overlooked and undervalued landscape. * Current Archaeology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Plates List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Note on Sources Abbreviations Scope and Direction Part 1: Before Domesday Part 2: The Manor and the Land Part 3: The High Middle Ages 1300-1500 Part 4: Medieval to Early Modern 1500-1700 Part 5: Some Contexts Appendix: The Wainfleet Custumal Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEl reconocimiento del papel de los animales en las antiguas dietas, en las economías, políticas y los rituales, es vital para poder entender a las culturas del pasado en su totalidad. Por el otro lado, seguir las claves que se obtienen de restos de animales pretéritos puede aproximarnos a entender la antigua relación que existía entre los humanos y el mundo que les rodeaba. En respuesta a un creciente interés en el campo de la zooarqueología, este libro presenta investigaciones que representan a las múltiples culturas y regiones de Mesoamérica, tratando específicamente los aspectos más recurrentes en la literatura zooarqueológica. Desde el punto de vista geográfico, los ensayos reunidos aquí informan acerca del uso de animales por parte de los pueblos indígenas de toda el área mesoamericana, ubicada entre los confines norteños de México y la frontera sur, en Centroamérica. Esto incluye culturas tan diversas como los olmecas, mayas, mixtecos, zapotecos e indígenas de Centroamérica. El marco temporal del libro se extiende desde el Preclásico y Clásico, sobre el Posclásico, los tiempos coloniales e históricos, hasta la época actual. Los capítulos del libro, escritos por expertos en la materia de la zooarqueología mesoamericana, proporcionan un fondo de conocimiento general e importante acerca del uso doméstico y ritual durante los tiempos tempranos y clásicos de Mesoamérica y Centroamérica, pero abarcan también aspectos específicos de la relación entre humanos y animales, tales como la domesticación temprana y el simbolismo de animales, así como otros puntos aún pobremente entendidos, relacionados a la tafonomía y a la metodología zooarqueológica. Spanish text. English-language version also available (ISBN 978-1-937040-05-5).Trade Review 'A must for those interested in the interaction of human and animals in Mesoamerica or elsewhere. An excellent and balanced selection of topics by outstanding researchers.' (Guillermo L. Mengoni Goñalons, Instituto de Arqueología, FFyL-UBA) '...an ambitious, panregional review of complex relationships between people and animals derived from the rich Mesoamerican cultural and archaeological record. The result is a valuable reference tool demonstrating how much we have learned over the past few decades and how much more we need to know; not only here, but elsewhere.' (Elizabeth J. Reitz, University of Georgia) 'The application of traditional and new quantification methods, ecological modelling, and cutting edge scientific techniques to complex archaeological questions and animal bone assemblages unique in their preservational and taxonomic characteristics, makes this an essential and inspiring reference for specialists world-wide.' (Polydora Baker, Senior Zooarchaeologist, English Heritage, Heritage Conservation) 'This book is an outstanding example of new approaches o the stufy of relationships between humans and animals.' (Ximena Chavez Balderas, Latin American Antiquity 24.5, 2014) Table of ContentsLista de Figuras Lista de Tablas Abreviaturas 1. Introducción, Christopher M. Götz Área del Noroccidental y Altiplano Central 2. Restos de Perro Provenientes de las Marismas Nacionales, Elizabeth S. Wing 3. Recursos Costeros en la Ciudad de los Dioses, Bernado Rodríguez Galicia y Raúl Valadez Azúa 4. Las aves de loz entornos domésticos prehispánicos en el centro de México, Eduardo Corona-Martínez Región Oaxaqueña y Costa del Golfo 5. La Zooarqueología de los Hábitos Alimenticios de Olmecas y Epi-Olmecas a lo Largo de la Costa del Golfo de México, Tanya M. Peres, Amber M. VanDerwarker, y Christopher A. Pool 6. Aprovechamiento de Animales en la Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, México, Heather A. Lapham, Andrew K. Balkansky, y Ayla M. Amadio 7. Economías Faunísticas en el Sur de México en Tiempos Pre-hispánicos, Heather A. Lapham, Gary M. Feinman, y Linda M. Nicholas Tierras Bajas Mayas del Norte 8. El Uso de la Fauna por los Mayas Prehispánicos de las Tierras Bajas del Norte, Christopher M. Götz y Travis W. Stanton 9.Consumo de Animales en el Centro Monumental de Mayapán, Marilyn A. Masson y Carlos Peraza Lope 10. La Arqueofauna en Isla Cilvituk, Campeche, México: Estructura de un Sitio Residencial y Tafonomía en la Mesoamérica Posclásica, Rani T. Alexander, John A. Hunter, Sean Arata, Ruth Martínez Cervantes, Y Kristen Scudder Tierras Bajas Mayas del Sur y Tierres Altas Mayas 11. Infiriendo el Contexto Arqueológico a través de la Tafonomía: El Uso del Venado Cola Blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) en Chinikihá, Chiapas, Coral Montero López 12. Uso de los Animales por Parte de las Poblaciones Mayas de San Pedro y Británicas de Holotunich, Belice, Durante Fines del Siglo XIX e Inicios del XX, Erin Kennedy Thornton y Olivia Ng Cackler 13. Animales Arqueológicos de las Tierras Altas Mayas del Sur: Zooarqueología de Kaminaljuyú, Kitty F. Emery, Erin Kennedy Thornton, Nicole R. Cannarozzi, Stephen Houston y Héctor Escobedo Vecinos Sureños de Mesoamérica 14. Análisis Preliminar de la Zooarqueología del Sitio de San Cristóbal, Nicaragua: La Abundancia del Paraíso de Mahoma, David N. Rewniak, Paul F. Healy, y Morgan Tamplin 15. Moluscos como Alimento en un Prolífico Medico Costero: Evidencia de Forrajeo Selectivo y Tafonomía de la Cueva de los Vampiros (Panamá Central) 16. La Explotación precolombina de Aves Alrededor de la Bahía de Panamá, Richard G. Cooke, David W. Steadman, Máximo Jiménez, e Ilean Isaza Aizpurúa 17. Gatear y Caminar al Mismo Tiempo: Retos de la "Arqueología de los Animales" en el Norte de Suramérica, Elizabeth Ramos Roca Estudios Taxonómicos sobre Fauna Mesoamericana 18. El Perro en el Registro Arqueozoológico Mexicano, Raúl Valadez Azúa, Alicia Blaco Padilla, Bernado Rodríguez Galicia, y Gilberto Pérez Roldán 19. Los Murciélagos en la Antigua Mesoamérica, Laura Navarro y Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales 20. Conclusión: De Restos Zooarqueológicos a un Contexto Humano Referencias Citadas Lista de Colaboradores Índice Taxonómico Apéndice Digital

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Book SynopsisA few scatters of Mesolithic and Neolithic flint were found across the development area. Slightly more extensive evidence for Neolithic occupation was represented by a small number of pits from which flint-tempered Neolithic pottery, worked flint, charred plant remains and animal bone were recovered. During the later Bronze Age and Iron Age the first permanent settlements were established. They were characterized by post-built circular structures, pits and cremation burials. Settlement began in the river valley and the western edge of the clay plateau but during the Iron Age settlement shifted onto the clay plateau with eh creation of a five-sided enclosure. By the Late Iron Age and Roman period a farmstead and managed fields were established. This farmstead has been defined as a complex-type farmstead and seems to have been involved in the large-scale production of spelt. Limited evidence was identified for Saxon activity but a few features, including the remains of a tree-lined avenue, may have been associated with the 17th century Hadham and Wickham Halls which were owned by the Capel family. This volume describes the archaeological remains as well as the artefacts and ecofactual material recovered from the excavations.

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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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