Landscape archaeology Books

Book SynopsisPlaces of Memory takes a new look at spatialised practices of remembrance and its role in reshaping societies from prehistory to today, gathering researchers representing diverse but complementary fields of expertise. This diachronic outlook provides important insights into the great variety of human and social reactions examining memory, encompassing aspects of remembering, the loss of memory, reclaiming memories, and remembering things that may not have happened. The contributions to this volume expand upon Pierre Nora’s concept of lieux des memoire (places of memory) and the notion that memory is not just stored in these places but activated through human engagement. The volume presents a reflection on the creation of memories through the organisation and use of landscapes and spaces that explicitly considers the multiplicity of meanings of the past. Thus, social identities were created, reaffirmed, strengthened, and transformed through the founding, change, and reorganization of places and spaces of memory in the cultural landscape.Trade ReviewIn summary, despite the manageable number of 164 pages, the present volume contains a rich fund of newly conceived and further developed approaches that go well beyond the scope of the individual contributions and can also be applied to other archaeological contexts. The readers are shown stimulating possibilities to look at their own research topic from a new perspective - and at the same time to dare to think outside the box in many ways. The range of contributions clearly demonstrates the potential of including theories and concepts of memory in archaeology. -- Lukas Kerk * Archäologische Informationen 43 *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction – Christian Horn, Gustav Wollentz, Gianpiero Di Maida and Annette Haug ; 1. Commemoration and Change: Remembering What May Not Have Happened – Richard Bradley ; 2. The Multiple Pasts of Archaic Greece: The Landscapes of Crete and the Argolid, 900-500 BCE – James Whitley ; 3. Aeneas, Romulus, and the Memory Site of the Forum Augustum in Rome – Matthias J. Bensch ; 4. The Spoils of Eternity: Spolia as Collective Memory in the Basilica of St. Peter during the 4th century AD – Christina Videbech ; 5. Were TRB Depositions Boundary Markers in the Neolithic Landscape? – Michael Müller ; 6. Memories Created, Memories Altered: The Case of Kakucs-Turján Household and Pottery – Robert Staniuk ; 7. ‘These Battered Hills’: Landscape and Memory at Verdun (France) – Paola Filippucci ; 8. Set in Stone? Transformation and Memory in Scandinavian Rock Art – Christian Horn and Rich Potter ; 9. Art and Practices of Memory, Space and Landscapes in the Roman World – Anne Gangloff ; 10. Restoring a Memory: The Case of Kowary Barrow (Lesser Poland, Poland) – Anna Gawlik and Marcin Czarnowicz ; 11. Art, Social Memory and Relational Ontology in the Kimberley, North West Australia – Martin Porr ; 12. Recursivity in Kimberley Rock Art Production, Western Australia – Ana Paula Motta, Martin Porr, and Peter Veth ; 13. An Archaeology of Reclaiming Memories – Possibilities and Pitfalls – Gustav Wollentz

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Book SynopsisEl cerro de Alarcos (Ciudad Real): Formación y desarrollo de un oppidum ibérico presents the results of archaeological work which has been carried out since 1997 in so-called Sector III of the Alarcos site, located on a hill next to the Guadiana river, a few kilometres from Ciudad Real. These archaeological campaigns have made it possible to obtain essential information to understand the communities that, from the end of the Bronze Age to the end of the Iron Age, inhabited this large town and its surrounding area. An interesting set of structures and other evidence of material culture have been recovered, which allow us to characterize the daily activities of people between the 10th-11th century BC and, in addition, they enable us to understand the paleoenvironment of this territory and the nature of the economy and the food transformation activities of these protohistoric populations. The use of this territory has been determined over the centuries, being originally a residential area which later, in Iberian times, assumed economic functionality, as it was intended for grain storage, grinding and cooking food. The documentation of a wide and varied repertoire of ceramic materials and an interesting set of foreign ceramics corroborates the dynamism this settlement achieved, during both the Pre-Iberian period and the full Iberian period.Table of ContentsResumen ; English Abstract ; Agradecimientos ; Capítulo 1: Introducción ; Capítulo 2: Fase del Bronce Final - I Edad del Hierro ; Capítulo 3. Fase Ibérica ; Capítulo 4: Valoración cronológica y cultural ; Bibliografía

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Book SynopsisOrientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment views the type of major axial alignment seen at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments of Neolithic to Bronze Age date in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of more abstract astronomical concerns, but rather as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation, basically solar, involving community, agrarian economy, and the ancestors in a combined attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions. The analysis is supported by over 800 images, open-source, for unrestricted use, and available digitally.

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Book SynopsisA Vanishing Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at Blakeney Eye, Norfolk documents the results of several archaeological investigations undertaken on Blakeney Eye on behalf of the Environment Agency after the decision was taken for a managed retreat of the area. The Eye is a part of the north Norfolk coastline that has been under constant pressure of erosion for centuries. Excavation revealed evidence for multi-period occupation, with abandonments driven by the ever-changing climate. Neolithic features and artefacts were the earliest remains present. Fragmentary remains of an enclosed 13-14th century farmstead were identified, mainly preserved beneath the two-celled flint building of 16th-17th century date (the scheduled monument known locally as Blakeney Chapel). Archaeological evidence for the function of this building is discussed in conjunction with the documentary sources. The archaeological remains throw light on the trading links between the medieval and post-medieval port of Cley and the Continent, as well as the storms and tidal influxes of the past that resulted in repeated abandonments of the area. This volume includes contributions by Kathryn Blythe, Michael Clark, Jacqueline Churchill, Jane Cowgill, John Giorgi, Alison Locker, Adrian Marsden, Graham Morgan, Quita Mould, Andrew Peachey, Sara Percival, James Rackham, Ian Rowlandson, Zoe Tomlinson, Alan Vince†, Hugh Willmott, Jane Young.Trade Review'...Naomi Field and the other contributors should be commended on extracting as much insight as they have from what was evidently a problematic site to interpret.' – Gareth Davies (2023): Medieval Settlement Research 38Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Site and its Historical Setting – Naomi Field and Kathryn Blythe ; Chapter 2: Topography and Setting of Blakeney Eye – D. J. Rackham ; Chapter 3: The Fieldwork – Naomi Field and Kathryn Blythe ; Chapter 4: Environmental Remains – D. J. Rackham, John Giorgi and Alison Locker ; Chapter 5: The Prehistoric Remains – Andrew Peachey and Sarah Percival ; Chapter 6: The Pottery – I. M. Rowlandson and Jane Young ; Chapter 7: The Building Materials – Zoe Tomlinson, M. V. Clark and Graham Morgan ; Chapter 8: The Metal Finds – Naomi Field, Adrian Marsden, Quita Mould and Jane Cowgill ; Chapter 9: The Other Finds – Hugh Willmott and Alan Vince† ; Chapter 10: Discussion – Naomi Field with Kathryn Blythe ; References

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Book SynopsisLa transformación del mundo rural en la isla de Mallorca durante la Antigüedad tardía presents the study of the rural landscape of the eastern part of the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands) during Late Antiquity, providing new data that improves our understanding of one of the least well-known periods of the island. The author describes the results of the study of old archaeological surveys carried out on the island – which had not been published yet – and the results of new archaeological surveys. The conclusions from these studies detected a series of trends that help to better understand the settlement patterns of the island during the transition from the Roman period to medieval times. Furthermore, they help to obtain an overview of different transformations that occurred in the rural world in a territory that was strongly marked by its insularity. Equally discernable in this territory was the role played by the old indigenous substrate, which was reflected in the survival or re-use of pre and proto-historic settlements.Trade Review‘Archaeology on the Balearic Islands has taken immense strides in the last two decades, led primarily by Miguel Angel Cau (including excavations at Pollentia), and with the present author now contributing strongly to new investigations and debates. This volume is part-based on her Barcelona University thesis of 2013, a subsequent postdoctoral project, and published and ongoing work on Mallorca. It offers a very informative and revealing image of rural settlement, land use and change across a long Late Antiquity (AD 300–903), with the end-date marking the full Arab conquest of this Byzantine enclave (after periods of raiding since the early 8th century).’ – Neil Christie (2022): Medieval Archaeology, 65/2, 2021Table of ContentsPrólogo ; Presentación ; 1. El estudio del mundo rural tardoantiguo en la isla de Mallorca: motivaciones y encuadre histórico ; 2. Aproximación a la ocupación del mundo rural durante la Antigüedad tardía en Mallorca ; 3. La ocupación rural de la zona este de Mallorca: los ejemplos de Manacor y Sant Llorenç des Cardassar ; 4. Los patrones de asentamiento de la Antigüedad tardía en Mallorca: una nueva prospección en la zona este ; 5. Las basílicas y su relación con las rutas de comunicación ; 6. La transformación del mundo rural en la Mallorca tardoantigua: cristianos, campesinos y pastores ; 7. Consideraciones finales ; Bibliografía ; Índice

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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 SynopsisRingforts were an important part of the rural settlement landscape of early medieval Ireland (AD 400–1100). While most of those circular enclosures were farmsteads, a small number had special significance as centres of political power and elite residence, also associated with specialized crafts. One such ‘royal site’ was Garranes in the mid-Cork region of south-west Ireland. In 1937, archaeological excavation of a large trivallate ringfort provided evidence of high-status residence during the fifth and sixth centuries AD. The site had workshops for the production of bronze ornaments, with glass and enamel working as well as indications of farming. Pottery and glass vessels imported from the Mediterranean world and Atlantic France were also discovered. That trade with the Late Roman world is significant to understanding the introduction of Christianity and literacy in southern Ireland at that time. This monograph presents the results of an interdisciplinary project conducted 2011–18, where archaeological survey and excavation, supported by various specialist studies, examined this historic landscape. Garranes is a special place where archaeology, history and legend combine to uncover a minor royal site of the early medieval period. The central ringfort has been identified as Rath Raithleann, the seat of the petty kingdom of Uí Echach Muman, recalled in bardic poetry of the later medieval period. Those poems attribute its foundation to Corc, a King of Munster in the fifth century AD, and link the site closely to Cian, son-in-law of Brian Bóruma, and one of the heroes of Clontarf (AD 1014). This study provides new evidence to connect the location of Rath Raithleann to high-status occupation at Garranes during the fifth and sixth centuries, and explores its legendary associations in later periods.Trade Review'This is an important publication that makes a signficant contribution to our understanding not only of this early medieval landscape but also of early medieval studies as a whole.' – Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2021)'All told, this volume is handsomely published by Archaeopress with excellent figures, and also benefits from being freely accessible as an Open Access publication. Securing a hard copy while it is available, however, is advisable, as this is destined to be an indispensable landmark for the wider field. This truly seminal publication demonstrates the enduring value of long-term, landscape-scale field projects, which one may hope will become a regular feature of the research landscape for early medieval Ireland.' – Patrick Gleeson (2021): Journal of Irish Archaeology‘This impressive tome combines the results of field research in 1990-92 and 2011-18 with a reappraisal of the earlier work, plus other studies setting the site archaeology in a broader historical and landscape context.’ – Deirdre O’Sullivan (2022): Medieval Settlement Research, Vol. 37Table of Contents1. Garranes: an Introduction ; 2. The Archaeological Landscape ; 3. Lisnacaheragh ; 4. Lisnamanroe ; 5. Lisheenagreine ; 6. Other Excavations ; 7. Specialist Studies ; 8. Early Medieval Settlement and Economy at Garranes ; 9. Ringforts in the Landscape ; 10. Garranes: a Royal Landscape? ; References

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Book SynopsisWhite Castle: The evaluation of an upstanding prehistoric enclosure in East Lothian describes the results of a four year research programme of archaeological works between 2010 and 2013, at the later prehistoric enclosure of White Castle, East Lothian, carried out under the auspices of the Rampart Scotland project. The site is a Scheduled Monument, but, despite being subject of mapping and survey for some 200 years, it has never been examined by excavation prior to the Rampart Scotland project’s interventions. White Castle was the first of the series of comparable sites to be excavated in the Lammermuir area. The programme of archaeological evaluation and sequence of radiometric dates furnished evidence for four major phases of activity at White Castle – with the main enclosure period dating to the second half of the first millennium BC. The excavations demonstrated a clear sequence of enclosure development over time, whereby the design and visual impact often appeared to be more important than defence alone. White Castle’s location on the main route through the Lammermuirs with surrounding upland pasture is also highly suggestive to its function and it seems probable that the site’s economy was concerned primarily with controlling access to grazing. The final phase of the prehistoric enclosure appears to combine two key factors: impressing visitors and stock control. While maintenance of White Castle’s enclosure system was abandoned in the closing centuries BC, it is unlikely that the area was deserted and there is also limited evidence for two later phases of activity on site around the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.Table of Contents1. Abstract ; 2. Introduction ; 3. Study Area ; 4. White Castle Location ; 5. Archaeological Background ; 6. Research Questions ; 7. Methodology ; 8. Topographic and Geophysical Survey Results ; 9. Excavation Results ; 10. Post-excavation ; 11. Interpretation and Discussion ; 12. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; Bibliography ; Map references ; Appendix 1: Calibrated and uncalibrated dates from Enclosed sites in East Lothian

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Book SynopsisMediating Marginality draws on eight years of excavation and survey at the newly discovered Bronze Age Cemetery of Purić-Ljubanj in the county of Vukovar-Syrmia in eastern Croatia. It also incorporates data from an ongoing landscape project that continues to provide evidence of an extensive, hitherto unknown, cultural group living on the margins between well known and documented groups, such as the Belegiš and West Serbian variant of the Vatin cultural complex. The monograph explores what this marginality may have meant for these people and how they built a strong community identity through ongoing landscape modification that involved appropriating materials from a very limited palette and reworking and redepositing these in very specific ways over an exceptionally long period of time. Ideas surrounding the deployment of skill, stocks of knowledge and scales of performance are used to interrogate the social world the Spačva-Ljubanj mound builders created for themselves and reveal that although apparently marginalised they were far from impoverished and indeed appear to have created a thriving cultural heritage. The monograph closes with a discussion of how the project intends to go forward, placing particular emphasis on how the modern community can best benefit from continued research in the area.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Research History, Survey and Excavation Strategy at Purić-Ljubanj ; Chapter 2: Placing Purić-Ljubanj in its Local and Regional Context ; Chapter 3: Pottery Assemblages and Burial Features at Purić-Ljubanj ; Chapter 4: Translating Geology, Resources, and Redistributed Materials into Skill and Performance ; Chapter 5: Scales of performance at Purić-Ljubanj: assembling the cemetery, the landscape, and the dead ; Chapter 6: Mediating Marginality ; References ; Index

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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 SynopsisTranshumance presents a collection of papers exploring the practice, impact and archaeology of British and European transhumance, the seasonal grazing of marginal lands by domesticated livestock, usually accompanied by people, often young women. All but one were first given in 2018 at the Newcastle and Durham conference of the International Association of Landscape Archaeology. Their range is wide, geographically (Britain, Italy, Spain, France and Norway) and temporally (prehistory to the present day). The approaches taken include excavation and artefact analysis, fieldwalking, archaeological survey, landscape archaeology and history, analysis of ancient texts, inscriptions and records, ethno-archaeology, social network analysis and consideration of the delicate balances between the natural resources that transhumants exploit and the intangible cultures that are developed and sustained as they do so. The volume re-emphasises that much of European history and culture has been and in some places continues to be dependent on the annual migrations to and then back from the mountains, forests and bogs. It notes and explains how transhumance systems are not timeless and unchanging, but instead respond to wider economic and social changes. But, it also shows how transhumance itself contributes to changes, and continuities, including how the organisation of access to common pastures crystallises principles that underpin much broader legal and social systems.Table of ContentsContributors ; Preface ; 1. Introduction: the recognition of transhumance in Britain – Mark Bowden and Pete Herring ; 2. Evidence for transhumance in British prehistory – Mark Bowden ; 3. ‘Frequently the winter grazing grounds are many miles away from the summer ones’ (Varro, de r.r. 2.2.9): a review of recent historical, anthropological and archaeological approaches to transhumance in Central and Southern Italy – Marinella Pasquinucci ; 4. The TraTTo project: paths and pastures from prehistory to modern times in Southern Tuscany: research approaches and activities – G. Pizziolo, M. De Silva, N. Volante, D. Cristoferi and A. Zagli ; 5. Response diversity and the evolution of pastoral landscapes in the western Pyrenees Transhumance – Ted L Gragson, Michael R. Coughlan, and David S. Leigh ; 6. Smart ways through the downs: cross-ridge dykes as markers of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age transhumance routes across the South Downs, Sussex, UK – David Lea, Judie English and Dick Tapper ; 7. Extremes of British transhumance: Bronze Age and Inter-War; Dartmoor and Lewis – Pete Herring ; 8. Intangible cultural heritage of transhumance landscapes: their roles and values – examples from Norway, France and Spain – Bolette Bele, Véronique Karin Simon Nielsen, Almudena Orejas and José Antonio Ron

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Book SynopsisWaterlands: Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough recounts a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough, and represents one of the most significant landscape excavations carried out in recent years. The 55-hectare archaeological dig was the scene of human activity on the fenland edge from the Mesolithic through to the Late Iron Age, although the majority of the evidence covered the period from the Early Neolithic through to the Middle Bronze Age. Throughout prehistory, the fen edge has represented a landscape at the margins of human habitation and exploitation. During the Early Neolithic, a substantial waterhole complex with signs of later visitation was established on the fen edge. Traces of several Beaker buildings provided elusive evidence of slightly later activity further inland, whilst during the Early Bronze Age proper, a number of impressive burial mounds were constructed within a dedicated ‘Barrow Field’. One barrow contained the nationally significant remains of an infant burial on a birch bark mat with associated grave goods. The Middle Bronze Age saw the entire re-organisation of the surrounding landscape by the creation of an extensive, rectilinear field system, served by multiple droveways and associated with a classic enclosed farmstead. The placement of later Middle Bronze Age cremation burials within the remains of earlier burial monuments bears witness to the intimate connection of this small community to their ancestors’ sacred landscape. By the 4th century BC, settlement was all but abandoned due to marine inundations, although one slightly elevated part of the landscape formed an area of refuge for an Iron Age smith and his family, who created an isolated and significant smithy.Trade Review'As a site report, there is much to recommend this publication and its many colour plates show features expertly excavated. The remarkable plan of the field system alone represents a major contribution to Fenland research, especially in relation to contemporary systems excavated east of Peterborough.' – Mark Knight (2023): Current Archaeology Issue 396‘The authors deliver a complex and large site report in a well-written, concise but detailed way. This is not an easy task. They are able to put their findings into the larger context of contemporaneous fenland sites to further our understanding of the people who lived in these waterlands.’ – Marion Uckelmann (2023): Antiquity Vol. 97 (395)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction ; Background to the Project ; Project Aims ; Methodology ; Report Structure ; Chapter 2: The Project Area ; The Landscape Context ; The Geological Context ; Implications for Archaeological Survival ; The Archaeological Context ; Chapter 3: The Excavations ; Summary ; PERIOD 0: MESOLITHIC (c. 9000 to 3500 BC) ; PERIOD 1: EARLY TO LATE NEOLITHIC (c. 3800 to 2000 BC) ; PERIOD 2A: BEAKER (c. 2400-1900 BC) ; PERIOD 2B: EARLY BRONZE AGE (1916-1640 cal BC) ; PERIOD 3: MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (c. 1600-1100 BC) ; PERIOD 3A: EARLY MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (1623-1463 cal BC) ; PERIOD 3B: LATER MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (1400-1130 cal BC) ; PERIOD 4: LATE BRONZE AGE TO EARLY IRON AGE (c. 1100 - 500 BC) ; PERIOD 4A: LATE BRONZE AGE (c. 1100 - 800 BC) ; PERIOD 4B: LATE BRONZE AGE / EARLY IRON AGE (c. 800-500 BC) ; PERIOD 5: MIDDLE TO LATE IRON AGE (EARLY LA TÈNE) ; PERIOD 5A: EARLY LA TÈNE IRON AGE 1 (511-207 cal BC) ; PERIOD 5B: EARLY LA TÈNE IRON AGE 2 (350-53 cal BC) ; Chapter 4: Material Culture ; Introduction ; PREHISTORIC POTTERY – Elaine L Morris ; CLAY WEIGHTS – Elaine L Morris ; FIRED CLAY – Elaine L Morris ; BRIQUETAGE – Elaine L Morris ; ROMAN POTTERY – Ruth Leary ; STRUCK LITHICS – Hugo Anderson-Whymark ; QUERNS – Karen Francis ; METALWORKING RESIDUES – Gerry McDonnell ; Chapter 5: Environmental Archaeology ; THE PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS – John Summers ; POLLEN – Rob Scaife and Catherine Langdon ; CARBONISED PLANT MACROFOSSILS – John Summers ; WATERLOGGED PLANT MACROFOSSILS – John Summers ; CHARCOAL – John Summers ; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL SUMMARY – John Summers ; WATERLOGGED WOOD – Michael Bamforth and Maisie Taylor ; ANIMAL BONE – Julia E M Cussans and James Rackham ; Chapter 6: Human Bone – Katie Keefe, Elina Petersone-Gordina and Malin Holst, with contributions by Harriet Jacklin ; Chapter 7: Discussion and Synthesis ; INTRODUCTION ; THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE ; EARLY TO LATE NEOLITHIC ; BEAKER ; EARLY BRONZE AGE ; MIDDLE BRONZE AGE ; LATE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE ; LATE BRONZE AGE ; LATE BRONZE AGE / EARLY IRON AGE ; EARLY LA TÈNE IRON AGE 1 ; EARLY LA TÈNE IRON AGE 2 ; RE-USE OF A ONCE ABANDONED LANDSCAPE ; Appendix A: Prehistoric Pottery, Ceramic Phases 1-5 ; Appendix B: XRF Methodology ; Appendix C: Table 22. Waterlogged plant macrofossil remains from selected contexts ; Appendix D: Table 23. Quantified charcoal data from selected contexts ; Appendix E: Table 53. Radiocarbon results ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHyblaea: Studi di archeologia e topografia dell’altopiano ibleo is a collection of ten papers focusing on the prehistoric, late-ancient and medieval-historical archaeological heritage of the Hyblaean area and in the south-eastern apex of Sicily, with particular attention to rupestrian archaeology. They aim at deepening and updating our knowledge of the landscape in its many historical, material, productive, topographical, architectural and iconographical aspects.Table of ContentsPrefazione – Maria Musumeci ; Introduzione – Antonino Cannata, Santino Alessandro Cugno, Marco Stefano Scaravilli ; Un decennio di ricerche di preistoria negli Iblei ragusani: recenti acquisizioni sulle età del Rame e del Bronzo antico – Saverio Scerra ; Nuovi dati e considerazioni dalle necropoli di Licodia Eubea indagate tra il 1898 ed il 1923 – Maria Teresa Magro ; Insediamento rurale nel settore occidentale della regione iblea in età greca: alcune osservazioni sull’archeologia della Kamarinaia – Rodolfo Brancato ; Costa degli Iblei: la topografia antica litoranea – Enrico Felici ; La coltivazione della porpora a Siracusa: probabili officine costiere nella Cala di Massoliveri e a Torre Ognina – Nicoletta Di Benedetto ; Le latomie costiere della Sicilia sud-orientale. Risultati preliminari della ricerca sulle cave localizzate tra il fiume Cassibile e Portopalo di Capo Passero – Livio Idà ; Fontane Bianche (Siracusa). Da insediamento costiero antico a moderna località balnerare. Elementi per una carta archeologica – Pietro Piazza ; L’antico acquedotto di Cava Cardinale e il suo ponte. Studio comparativo con l’antico acquedotto di Cavadonna – Luca Aprile, Eduardo Arioti, Salvatore Russo ; Modica RG. Notizie preliminari sugli scavi della catacomba di C.da Scorrione – Joan Pinar Gil, Annamaria Sammito†, Saverio Scerra, Michelle Beghelli, Amalia Criscione, Salvina Fiorilla, Zuzana Hukelová, Miroslav Pleska, Dominika Schmidtová ; “Achates Siciliae, ubi pari nomine lapillos edit, unde gemmae fiunt”. Riflessioni e prospettive di ricerca sulla produzione glittica antica in Sicilia – Gabriella Tassinari

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Book SynopsisThe Route of the Franks presents a scientific study of the journey that Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury undertook at the end of the first millennium from the British Isles to Rome, focussing on the segment included in the territory of modern France. It not only reconstructs the route that Sigeric followed here but also takes an archaeological snapshot of the urban and architectural developments in the centres crossed by this route at the twilight of the first millennium AD. Sigeric’s journey, undertaken for reasons connected to his office, is framed within the historical context of the contemporary Anglo-Saxon world. The special relationship connecting Rome and Canterbury during the Early Middle Ages is also analysed and an archaeological overview of the archbishop’s town is attempted. Sigeric’s experience is framed in the historical context of medieval journeys from England to Rome and the Holy Land. Building upon the literature, culture and narratives of travel, the modalities and practicalities of this type of movement in the Middle Ages are reconstructed, reviewing the many other possible routes across France and the reasons which determined Sigeric’s choice. This brings the author to a new conceptualisation of travel in the past and to study how it affected the identity of the traveller, how individuals and groups interacted in the peculiar framework of displacement, introducing sociological and anthropological perspectives. By applying theoretical frameworks developed in the fields of geography, social sciences, anthropology, environmental behavioural studies, phenomenology, spatial analysis, ICTs and cognitive studies, the book reveals how movement affects the perception of landscapes and how mobility patterns socio-cultural phenomena.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Clearing the ground. Archaeological research vs merchandising and branding ; Note ; Chapter 1. Conceptualising the Journey ; Theoretical framework and methodological issues: Defining ‘travelscapes’ ; Conceptualising the journey ; Landscapes of movement ; Phenomenology of travel: Landscapes of the mind ; On the way… of constructing an identity ; An insight into the confrontation of groups of different nature ; Pilgrimage ; On the edge of danger ; Chapter 2. The Historical Framework ; The geo-cultural definition ; The Carolingians ; The tenth century ; Before and after the year 1000 ; The communication network ; Chapter 3. Sigeric and Canterbury ; Archbishop Sigeric and his time: Eschatology for the end of a millennium and the Anglo-Saxon kingdom ; Paving the way: Sigeric’s predecessors and epigones ; Canterbury calls Rome: Building an identity ; Canterbury in the Early and High Middle Ages ; Chapter 4. Travel in Early Medieval Europe: Modalities, Practice, Exploration ; Routes, roads and infrastructure ; Travels from England to Rome ; A range of possibilities: Routes and roads through medieval France ; Orienteering and mapping ; Itineraries and guides ; Motivations for reporting ; Scheduling, duration, distance, pauses, means of transport: The routine of travel ; Hospitality and accommodation ; Internal structure and composition of the parties ; Chapter 5. In the Footsteps of Sigeric ; On the (Roman) road. The itinerary across modern France ; Chapter 6. A Cross-section of Continental Europe at the End of the First Millennium AD ; Towns and centres ; Churches, abbeys, sanctuaries and artistic trends ; Around the year 1000. At the dawn of a new era? ; Conclusion. Landscapes of movement at the twilight of the first millennium ; Landscape perception and medieval journey ; Bibliography ; Index of Geographical, Ethnic and Personal Names ; Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources ; Index of Manuscripts

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Book SynopsisArqueología de las sociedades locales en la Alta Edad Media: San Julián de Aistra y las residencias de las élites rurales presents the main results obtained in the archaeological project of San Julián de Aistra (Zalduondo-Araia, Álava) carried out between 2006 and 2020 by University College London and the University of the Basque Country. The remains of a hermitage dedicated to Santa Julián and Santa Basilisa, built in the 10th century and renovated in the Romanesque period and in the 18th century, are preserved in the deserted village of Aistra, which is documented since the 11th century. Excavation has shown that the site was occupied in prehistoric, Roman and medieval times. While prehistoric and Roman materials have been recovered in secondary contexts, four medieval phases of a domestic, productive, and funerary nature have been defined. One of the most important results of the project has been the discovery of residential spaces of elites who exercised territorial dominion throughout the Early Middle Ages. In the 14th century, the place was depopulated and, since then, the Aistra area has been managed and disputed by the nearby villages of Zalduondo and Araia, which created a community aimed at jointly managing the resources and spaces of Aistra. This community, active between the 14th and 20th centuries, broke up from the 19th century onwards, when individual management of resources became accentuated, and the commons were divided up. This collective volume brings together a large number of specialized studies and provides an interpretation of the site of Aistra in terms of socio-political practices that define the main characteristics of early medieval local societies in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.Table of ContentsResumen ; Prefacio – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 1: Introducción. El proyecto arqueológico de Aistra – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 2: El lugar de Aistra y el altozano de San Julián. Entre memoria y Arqueología – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 3: Aspectos geóticos de Aistra (Asparrena y Zalduondo, Araba/Álava) – Luis M. Martínez-Torres ; Capítulo 4: El carácter del territorio y del paisaje en el que se ubica el despoblado de Aistra: una visión geográfica – María C. Porcal-Gonzalo ; Capítulo 5: Aistra en el registro escrito: la historia de una comunidad – Ernesto Pastor Díaz de Garayo ; Capítulo 6: Del trabajo de campo a la secuencia cronológica: Prospecciones, excavaciones, análisis arquitectónico, elaboración e interpretación del registro – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 7: La secuencia ocupacional del yacimiento de San Julián (Aistra) – Andrew Reynolds; Egoitz Alfaro Suescun; Carlos Tejerizo; Maite I. García-Collado; Juan Antonio Quirós ; Capítulo 8: La iglesia de San Julián y Santa Basilisa de Aistra. Secuencia constructiva y análisis arqueológico del edificio – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 9: Registro estratigráfico del despoblado de Aistra – Andrew Reynolds and Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 10: Los espacios funerarios cementeriales medievales en Aistra – Maite I. García-Collado ; Capítulo 11: Estudio antropológico y paleopatológico de los restos óseos recuperados en la necrópolis altomedieval de Aistra (Zalduondo, Álava) – Amaia Mendizabal Gorostizu-Orkaiztegi ; Capítulo 12: Arqueología Agraria en el altozano de San Julián de Aistra – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 13: Artefactos líticos recuperados en el yacimiento de Aistra (Zalduondo, Álava) – Javier Fernández-Eraso; Maite García-Rojas; Antonio Tarriño-Vinagre; Aitor Sánchez-López de Lafuente ; Capítulo 14: Epigrafía romana de Aistra – Pilar Ciprés ; Capítulo 15: La cerámica de época romana y tardorromana de Aistra (siglos I-V d.C.) – Alfonso Vigil-Escalera Guirado ; Capítulo 16: La ceramica medievale (secoli VI-XIII) di San Julián di Aistra (Zalduondo, Araia, Álava) – Francesca Grassi ; Capítulo 17: Los hallazgos monetarios en el despoblado medieval de Aistra (Álava) y algunas consideraciones sobre las monedas perforadas – José Ignacio San Vicente González de Aspuru ; Capítulo 18: El estudio antracológico de la aldea medieval de Aistra – Riccardo Santeramo; Oliver Nelle; Raquel Piqué; Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ; Capítulo 19: Estudio zooarqueológico del despoblado medieval de Aistra (Zalduondo, Álava, País Vasco) – Idoia Grau Sologestoa ; Capítulo 20: Industria ósea del despoblado medieval de Aistra (Zalduondo, Álava, País Vasco) – Idoia Grau Sologestoa ; Capítulo 21: Aistra a lo largo de la historia: las sociedades locales y las identidades de las élites en la Alta Edad Media – Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo

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Book SynopsisIl ciclo di convegni Landscape: una sintesi di elementi diacronici' è un progetto nato nel 2019 all'interno del Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze dell'Antichità e Archeologia, che coinvolge tre università: Università di Pisa, Università degli Studi di Firenze e Università di Siena. La terza edizione, dal titolo Uomo e ambiente nel mondo antico: un equilibrio possibile? si è svolta in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna dal 5 al 6 maggio 2022. Questo libro raccoglie gli atti di queste due giornate, durante le quali i partecipanti sono stati invitati ad affrontare un tema di grande attualità che investe sempre più il presente e il futuro dell'umanità. La ricerca proposta ha affrontato la questione cercando di storicizzarla, proiettando le sfide del presente nelle società del passato e cercando di rispondere all'invito provocatorio del titolo del convegno: è mai esistito un equilibrio tra uomo e natura? L'obiettivo principale è stato quello di determinare il livello di consapevolezza ecologica insito nelle società antiche e di individuare le possibili soluzioni attuate, cercando di rispondere in particolare a due domande: quali sono state le scelte (politiche, economiche, sociali) attuate in occasione delle variazioni climatiche e come sono state percepite dalle società antiche? Queste scelte erano legate a una coscienza ambientalista o prevaleva uno scopo puramente utilitaristico?

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the study of a natural region, the Alto Almanzora, in the north of the province of Almería (Spain), in which 6 campaigns of systematic archaeological prospection were carried out. It is a large basin of 1675 km, at the eastern end of the Betic Cordillera, which slopes towards the Mediterranean Sea, with large differences in altitude between its mountainous edges (reaching over 2000 m a.s.l.) and the valley floor. Its geological formation has provided all kinds of lithic, mineral, forest, agricultural and pastureland resources, in addition to its water resources. All this constitutes a mosaic of different environments and contrasts over short distances. This work presents a historical study on an area of the Southeast of the peninsula that constituted a research gap, considering the societies that occupied it for more than 4000 years until the end of the Roman occupation.The authors expose the theoretical-methodological assumptions that formed the

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Book SynopsisTrees are now in the public eye as never before. The threat of tree diseases, the felling of street trees and the challenge of climate change are just some of the issues that have put trees in the media spotlight. At the same time, the trees in our parks, gardens and streets are a vital resource that can deliver environmental, social and economic benefits that make our towns and cities attractive, green and healthy places.Ever since Roman times when amenity trees were first planted in Britain, caring for those trees has required specialist skills. This is mainly because of the challenges of successfully integrating large trees into the urban environment and the risks involved in working with them, often at height and in close proximity to people, buildings and roads. But who are the people with the specialist expertise to care for our amenity trees? While professionals such as horticulturists, landscape architects, conservationists and foresters have a role to play, it is the arboriculturists who are the ‘tree experts’. For centuries arboriculture was often synonymous with forestry or considered an aspect of horticulture, until it emerged in the nineteenth century as a separate discipline. There are now some 22,000 people employed in Britain’s arboricultural industry, including practical tree surgeons and arborists, local authority tree officers and arboricultural consultants.This is the first book to trace the history of Britain’s professional tree experts, from the Roman arborator to the modern chartered arboriculturist. It also discusses the influences from continental Europe and North America that have helped to shape British arboriculture over the centuries. The Tree Experts will have particular appeal to those interested in the natural and built environment, heritage landscapes, social history and the history of gardening.Trade ReviewOverall this splendid book provides an illuminating and complete history of the practical management of trees and is to be strongly recommended to all those with an interest in garden, woodland and landscape history. * Landscape History *Overall, this is a clear and confident volume … and the depth of learning, meticulous research and hard work underpinning its creation is evident. Though detailed and authoritative, this is no dry academic text, and in many ways Johnston has written a love letter to his profession, but not one over-sweet with uncritical adulation, and it was a pleasure to read and review it. * Garden History *I, for one, have enjoyed the [book] immensely and wholehearted recommend it to anyone interested in where we started and what we had to go through in order to end up here, now, as arborists. -Donald F. Blair in Tree Care Industry Magazine * Tree Care Industry Magazine *''Outstanding in both depth and detail. ... It’s all there in Mark Johnston’s large but tight and tidy text, big on information and detail, interest and intrigue.'' * Forestry Journal and Essential Arb *To describe this book as a gallop through time would not only be a disservice to the sheer volume of research that Dr Johnston has undertaken, it would also be misleading, as its pages cover both broad concepts and detailed minutiae. … A must read for anyone interested in the promotion and evolution of the [arboriculture] sector. Nick Bolton, Quarterly Journal of Forestry * Quarterly Journal of Forestry *What a great way to explore the fascinating history of professional arboriculture in Britain. Navigating chronologically, [the author] provides a clearly constructed narrative that is brimming with historical references providing endless details to immerse yourself in time and time again. It was an absolute pleasure to read and review this book and it was a fascinating read from cover to cover. * Trees magazine (Institute of Chartered Foresters) *We can all marvel at the completeness of what is for me the most important book on the subject and which will never be equalled – let alone bettered. * Kew Guild Journal *[A]nyone with an interest in trees and how their use evolved to contribute to the gardens and landscapes of past and present would benefit from reading The Tree Experts. * The Horticulturalist *This weighty book contains a huge amount of information and will rightly find a place on many bookshelves. * The Arb Magazine (Arboricultural Association) *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Romans Bring Arboriculture to Britain 3. Keeping the Flame Alight in the Dark Ages 4. Green Shoots in Tudor and Early Stuart Times 5. Arboriculture in the Age of the Formal Garden 6. Arboriculture in the English Landscape Garden 7. Heroic Arboriculture in the Nineteenth Century 8. The Rise of the Tree Experts, 1900–1945 9. Professional Arboriculture ‘Comes of Age’, 1946–Present Index

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Book SynopsisPast Landscapes presents theoretical and practical attempts of scholars and scientists, who were and are active within the Kiel Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” (GSHDL), in order to disentangle a wide scope of research efforts on past landscapes. Landscapes are understood as products of human-environmental interaction. At the same time, they are arenas, in which societal and cultural activities as well as receptions of environments and human developments take place. Thus, environmental processes are interwoven into human constraints and advances.This book presents theories, concepts, approaches and case studies dealing with human development in landscapes. On the one hand, it becomes evident that only an interdisciplinary approach can cover the manifold aspects of the topic. On the other hand, this also implies that the very different approaches cannot be reduced to a simplistic uniform definition of landscape. This shortcoming proves nevertheless to be an important strength. The umbrella term ‘landscape’ proves to be highly stimulating for a large variety of different approaches.The first part of our book deals with a number of theories and concepts, the second part is concerned with approaches to landscapes, whereas the third part introduces case studies for human development in landscapes. As intended by the GSHDL, the reader might follow our approach to delve into the multi-faceted theories, concepts and practices on past landscapes: from events, processes and structures in environmental and produced spaces to theories, concepts and practices concerning past societies.Table of ContentsPreface Past Landscapes: The Dynamics of Interaction between Society, Environment, and Culture Annette Haug, Lutz Käppel, and Johannes Müller Introduction From Theories, Concepts and Practices on Human Development in Landscapes Annette Haug and Johannes Müller Landscape and the GSHDL 2007–2017: Ten Years of Research Johannes Müller I: Past Landscapes – Theories and Concepts The Disentanglement of Landscapes: Remarks on Concepts of Socio-Environmental Research and Landscape Archaeology Johannes Müller On Melting Grounds: Theories of the Landscape Antonia Davidovic Ritual and Landscape: Theoretical Considerations V.P.J. Arponen and Artur Ribeiro II: Past Landscapes – Concepts and Practices Putting Things into Practice: Pragmatic Theory and the Exploration of Monumental Landscapes Martin Furholt, Martin Hinz and Doris Mischka Who Is In Charge Here? – Material Culture, Landscapes and Symmetry Christian Horn and Gustav Wollentz Urban Landscapes and Urban Networks – Some Thoughts on the Process of Writing within the Mediaeval Urbanization of Central Europe Gerhard Fouquet and Gabriel Zeilinger Visual Concepts of Human Surroundings: The Case of the Early Greek Polis (10th–7th century BC) Annette Haug The Cultural Significance of Plants Wiebke Kirleis III: Past Landscapes – Concepts, Space and History Mid-Holocene Environment and Human Interaction in Northern Central Europe Mara Weinelt From Hunting to Herding? Aspects of the Social and Animal Landscape during the Southern Scandinavian Neolithic Martin Hinz Borders: Developments of Society and Landscape during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age – Face Urns as a Case Study Jutta Kneisel The Iron Age in Southwestern Germany Oliver Nakoinz The ‘Iranian’ Period in the Near East: A Landscape Studies Approach Josef Wiesehöfer The Bronze Age in the East – The Hittites and Their Environment Walter Dörfler Nature and Perception of a Greek Landscape: Stymphalos Ingmar Unkel Scenes and Actors of Historical Crises between Generalizing Synthesis Formation and Postmodern Fragmentation Ulrich Müller and Donat Wehner

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Book SynopsisThe highland of the Minangkabau community in Indonesia was the core area of the realm of Sumatra’s last Buddhist king, Adityavarman (c. 1347–75). An increasing socio-political integration, mentioned in his inscriptions, is marked by ceremonial architecture, changes of land use, and the establishment of an administration. Surveys and excavations have yielded new archaeological evidence that changes in settlement and socio-cultural patterns have occurred. New technology—metallurgy and an irrigation system—has also emerged. From the fourteenth century a territorial consolidation and increasing socio-economic complexity are evidenced, which initiated international trade and an incipient urbanisation process in this highland region.This book analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra. It explores the regional settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman’s highland interregnum, and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis. The core of this research consisted of excavations at Bukit Gombak and Bukit Kincir. Bukit Gombak was a central place in Adityavarman’s kingdom, and provides evidence of the organisation and material development of this political entity. Surveys in the Tanah Datar plain provided evidence of other settlements that could be examined in relation to each other and to sites from earlier and later periods, and used to sketch out the settlement history of Tanah Datar from prehistoric times to the precolonial period. The book consists of detailed studies of metal, ceramics and glass finds by laboratory-based specialists as well as careful descriptions of stone, clay and other finds.

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Book SynopsisThe toil of several million peasant farmers in Aztec Mexico transformed lakebeds and mountainsides into a checkerboard of highly productive fields. This book charts the changing fortunes of one Aztec settlement and its terraced landscapes from the twelfth to the twenty-first century. It also follows the progress and missteps of a team of archaeologists as they pieced together this story. Working at a settlement in the Toluca Valley of central Mexico, the authors used fieldwalking, excavation, soil and artifact analyses, maps, aerial photos, land deeds, and litigation records to reconstruct the changing landscape through time. Exploiting the methodologies and techniques of several disciplines, they bring context to eight centuries of the region's agrarian history, exploring the effects of the Aztec and Spanish Empires, reform, and revolution on the physical shape of the Mexican countryside and the livelihoods of its people. Accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike, this well-illustrated and well-organized volume provides a step-by-step guide that can be applied to the study of terraced landscapes anywhere in the world. The four authors share an interest in terraced landscapes and have worked together and on their own on a variety of archaeological projects in Mesoamerica, the Mediterranean, Poland, and the United Kingdom.

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Book SynopsisThis landscape study of the rock-art of Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire, considers views of and from the sites. In an attempt to understand the rock-art landscapes of prehistory the study considered the environment of the moor and its archaeology along with the ethnography from the whole circumpolar region. All the rock-art sites were visited, and the sites, motifs and views recorded. The data was analysed at four spatial scales, from the whole moor down to the individual rock. Several large prominent and impressive carved rocks, interpreted as natural monuments, were found to feature in the views from many much smaller rock-art sites. Several clusters of rock-art sites were identified. An alignment was also identified, composed of carved stones perhaps moved into position. Other perhaps-moved carved stones were also identified. The possibility that far-distant views might be significant was also indicated by some of the findings. The physicality of carving arose as a major theme. The natural monuments are all difficult or dangerous to carve; conversely, the more common, simple sites mostly required the carver to kneel or crouch down. This, unexpectedly for British rock-art, raises comparisons with some North American rock-art, where some highly visible sites were carved by religious specialists, and others, inconspicuous and much smaller, were carved by ordinary people.Trade Review‘Suffice to say, this publication makes yet another splendid addition to the already burgeoning bookcase of regional rock art studies in the UK.’ – Kenneth Lymer (2020): The Prehistoric Society'This book is essential reading for anyone interested in British rock art and the cup-and-ring art of England particularly.' – Robert Wallis (2021): Time and MindTable of ContentsPreface ; Chapter One: Background to the study ; Chapter Two: Encountering Rock-art ; Chapter Three: Landscapes of Rock-art ; Chapter Four: Rombalds Moor ; Chapter Five: Methodology ; Chapter Six: Results I - The Whole Moor ; Chapter Seven: Results II - Natural Monuments in their Large Locales ; Chapter Eight: Results III - Small Locales ; Chapter Nine: Results IV - The individual carved rock ; Chapter Ten: Discussion ; Appendices: Appendix 1. CSI locale abbreviations and full locale names ; Appendix 2. Removed Stones: carved stones in B&V and CSI databases, but excluded from the study database, with reasons ; Appendix 3: Conversion of Bannister’s dates in radiocarbon years BP to cal BC ; Appendix 4: Fieldwork Recording Sheets

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationSophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.' Chris PackhamFor thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the natural world. Our activities have permanently altered the environment for good and for bad.In Nature's Ghosts, award-winning journalist Sophie Yeo examines how the planet would have looked before humans scrubbed away its diversity: from landscapes carved out by megafauna to the primeval forests that emerged following the last Ice Age, and from the eagle-haunted skies of the Dark Ages to the flower-decked farms of more recent centuries.Uncovering the stories of the people who have helped to shape the landscape, she seeks out their footprints even where it seems there are none to be found. And she explores the timeworn knowledge that can help to fix our broken relationship with the earth.Along the way, Sophie encounters the environmental d

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Book SynopsisIn his debut book, author Simon M. Miles offers an entirely new perspective on one of the most compelling mysteries of our time. He documents an investigation over more than twenty years into the "affair of Rennes", a tangle of puzzles that has fascinated readers and researchers alike for half a century. A minor riddle of local history centred on a tiny village in the south of France became a global phenomenon, yet its secrets have remained tightly sealed. Until now. Amongst a sequence of breakthrough original insights, "The Map and the Manuscript" reveals for the first time the traces of a remarkable artefact of the ancient world, a geometrical complex laid out with impressive accuracy and at large scale between certain peaks, churches and chateaux in the landscape of the Pyrenees mountains. This discovery leads to a far-reaching exploration across a rich expanse of topics, from sacred geography to French poetry, from alchemy to dreams, from the Temple of Delphi to the streets of Paris, from hidden designs in old books to secret codes in manuscripts. While no prior knowledge is required or assumed, for those familiar with the many questions surrounding the twin villages of Rennes-le-Chateau and Rennes-les-Bains, this book will come as a revelation. It includes complete solutions to core riddles at the heart of the affair, including the famous parchments and the mysterious book and map written by the local priest. It also reveals the true identity of the author of the enigmatic poem Le Serpent Rouge, and opens this obscure yet deeply significant work to understanding at last. Richly illustrated with over 140 full-colour images, "The Map and the Manuscript" decisively resolves several longstanding literary and esoteric problems in the affair of Rennes, and also makes a significant contribution to a wider reappraisal of the capabilities of landscape architects in the ancient world. A mystery is solved, while an even greater one is revealed.Table of ContentsPrologue: A Dream in Athens Introduction Part One:Identification Chapter One: On the Path Chapter Two: Le Serpent Rouge Chapter Three: First Inklings Chapter Four: Sightlines Chapter Five: Sacred Geography Chapter Six: Converging Circles Chapter Seven: The Number of the Famous Seal Part Two: Orientation Chapter Eight: The Zodiac of Rennes-les-Bains Chapter Nine: The Cromlech of Rennes-les-Bains Chapter Ten: Delphi, Apollo and the Python Chapter Eleven: Confirmation from the Team Part Three: Solution Chapter Twelve: Geographic Cryptography Chapter Thirteen: The Riddle of the Parchments Chapter Fourteen: The Arques Square Part Four: Transmission Chapter Fifteen: Grand Voyager of the Unknown Chapter Sixteen: Dreams, Alchemy and the Omphalos Chapter Seventeen: Imprint of a Seal Chapter Eighteen: A Walk in the Woods Chapter Nineteen: Reassembling the Scattered Stones Epilogue: Coda to a Dream Appendices Appendix I: The Parchment Text Decipherments Appendix II: List of Figures Appendix III: The Text of Le Serpent Rouge Appendix IV: Chronology of Key Texts Appendix V: Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As a synthesis of Oceanic prehistory, the revised edition is meritorious and it remains unique in its comprehensive coverage." * Archaeology in Oceania *""A grand synthesis. Kirch has done Pacific archaeology proud with this book." * Antiquity *"Excellent." * Times Literary Supplement *"Riveting" * The Washington Post *"Patrick Kirch’s revised version of his near-classic On the Road of the Winds appears only eighteen years after the original edition and makes it clear that that received wisdom was very much mistaken. While the broad outlines of settlement and social processes in the Pacific Islands have become well-known, ongoing excavations in the past two decades have rewritten a great many of the details. Some of these are especially salient, including increasing recognition of the importance of trade networks and the environmental and ecological changes wrought by human agency." * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsList of Maps / List of Figures / List of Tables / Preface / INTRODUCTION / Defining Oceania / • Linguistic, Human Biological, and Cultural Variation in Oceania / • About This Book / • A Note on Dates and Time / 1 • DISCOVERING THE OCEANIC PAST / Enlightenment Voyagers / • Outposts of Empire: Missionaries, Colonists, and Academic Beginnings / • “The Problem of Polynesian Origins” / • Te Rangi Hiroa and the “Micronesian Route” to Polynesia / • The Discovery of Time Depth and Culture Change / • The Search for Polynesian Sequences / • Broadening Research Horizons / • Moving beyond Polynesia: Archaeology in Melanesia and New Guinea / • Francophone Archaeology in the Pacific / • Not an Ivory Tower: Public Archaeology in the Pacific / • Recent Advances in Pacific Archaeology / 2 • THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AS A HUMAN ENVIRONMENT / Origins and Development of the Pacific Islands / • Types of Islands / • Climatic Factors in the Pacific / • Island Life and Biogeography / • The Microbiotic World and Human Populations / • Island Ecosystems / • Humans and Island Socioecosystems / 3 • SAHUL AND THE PREHISTORY OF “OLD” MELANESIA / The Pleistocene Geography of Sahul and Near Oceania / • Initial Human Arrival in Sahul and Near Oceania / • Pleistocene Voyaging in Near Oceania / • Near Oceania during the Pleistocene / • Cultural Innovations of the Early Holocene / • A Paradox and a Hypothesis / 4 • LAPITA AND THE AUSTRONESIAN EXPANSION / The Human Landscape of Near Oceania at 2000–1300 b.c. / • The Advent of Lapita / • Lapita Origins: The Austronesian Expansion / • Lapita across Time and Space / • Lapita in Linguistic and Biological Perspective / • The Lapita Ceramic Series / • Lapita Sites and Settlements / • Lapita Subsistence Economies / • Exchange between Lapita Communities / • Ancestral Oceanic Societies / 5 • THE PREHISTORY OF “NEW” MELANESIA / Trading Societies of Papua and the Massim / • The Late Holocene in Highland New Guinea / • The Bismarck Archipelago after Lapita / • The Solomon Islands / • Vanuatu / • The Polynesian Outliers in Melanesia / • Ethnogenesis in La Grande Terre / • Fiji: An Archipelago “in Between” / • Larger Themes in Melanesian Prehistory / 6 • MICRONESIA: IN THE “SEA OF LITTLE LANDS” / Colonization and Early Settlement in Micronesia / • Cultural Sequences in Micronesia / • Tuvalu and the Polynesian Outliers in Micronesia / • Atoll Adaptations / • Later Prehistory in Western Micronesia / • Development of Sociopolitical Complexity in the Caroline High Islands / 7 • POLYNESIA: ORIGINS AND DISPERSALS / Polynesian Origins / • Polynesia as a Phyletic Unit / • Ancestral Polynesia / • Cultural Sequences in Western Polynesia / • The Settlement of Eastern Polynesia / • Early Settlement Sites in Eastern Polynesia / • Polynesian Voyaging / • Summary / 8 • POLYNESIAN CHIEFDOMS AND ARCHAIC STATES / Polynesian Chiefdoms: Ethnographic Background and Anthropological Significance / • The “Traditional” Societies / • Sociopolitical Transformation in the Open Societies / • The Emergence of Stratified Chiefdoms / • From Chiefdom to Archaic State: Tonga and Hawai‘i / • Polynesian History: A Concluding Note / 9 • BIG STRUCTURES AND LARGE PROCESSES IN OCEANIC PREHISTORY / Voyaging and the Human “Conquest” of the Pacific / • History Written in the Present: Correlations between Language, Biology, and Culture / • The Role of Demographic Transitions in Oceanic History / • Oceanic Populations on the Eve of European Contact / • The Political Economy of Dynamic Landscapes / • Intensification and Specialization in Island Economies / • Transformations of Status and Power / • On Comparison: A Closing Comment / Notes / References / Index /

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Book SynopsisThis is a history of archaeological endeavour in Norfolk set within a national context. It covers the writer's early experiences as a volunteer, the rise of field archaeology as a profession and efforts to conserve the archaeological heritage against the tide of destruction prevalent in the countryside up to the 1980s when there was not even a right of access to record sites before they were lost. Now developers often have to pay for an excavation before they can obtain planning consent. The book features progress with archaeology conservation as well as the growth of rescue archaeology as a profession both in towns and in the countryside. Many of the most important discoveries made by aerial photography, rescue excavations and metal detecting from the 1970s onwards are illustrated. The last section covers the recent growth of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust as an owner of some of the most iconic rural sites in Norfolk. The book concludes with a discussion of some issues facing British field archaeology today.Trade Review'What a life in Norfolk's archaeology! The book is destined to become an essential archaeological reference and to join other classics of archaeological autobiography, among them Sir Mortimer Wheeler's Still Digging and Philip Rahtz's Living Archaeology. An absolute must-read.' - Edward Biddulph (2018): Current Archaeology Nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award 2019Table of ContentsNorfolk Firsts ; Time line of key events most of which feature in the Book ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: The Early Years ; Chapter 3: Excavating Deserted Medieval Villages ; Chapter 4: The Launditch Hundred Project, 1967-71 ; Chapter 5: North Elmham Park: The Excavation of a High-Status Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Settlement, 1967-72 ; Chapter 6: Chance Finds ; Chapter 7: Societies ; Chapter 8: Amateurs in Action ; Chapter 9: Metal Detecting: ‘The Norfolk System’ ; Chapter 10: Urban Surveys ; Chapter 11: The ‘RESCUE’ Movement, The Scole Committee and Professional County Units ; Chapter 12: A New County Service for Field Archaeology, 1973-1999 ; Chapter 13: Key Norfolk Archaeological Unit Projects ; Chapter 14: The Story of ‘East Anglian Archaeology’ ; Chapter 15: County-based Conservation Projects ; Chapter 16: National Conservation Initiatives ; Chapter 17: Some Rescue Excavations, 1972-92 ; Chapter 18: Clearing the Publication Backlog from the Past, 1977-97 ; Chapter 19: Re-structuring Field Archaeology in Norfolk, 1991 ; Chapter 20: Time to Move On ; Chapter 21: The Norfolk Archaeological Trust: a property-owning conservation trust ; Chapter 22: Caistor St Edmund Roman Town ; Chapter 23: Burgh Castle ‘Saxon Shore’ Roman Fort ; Chapter 24: Two Monasteries ; Chapter 25: Other Recent Acquisitions ; Chapter 26: The Future Role of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust ; Chapter 27: A Time to Reflect ; Appendix 1: Alan Davison’s publications ; Appendix 2: Summary of progress set out in the 1996 Five-year Development Plan for Archaeology in the Norfolk Museums Service ; Appendix 3: List of those archaeologists who attended the February 1970 Barford meeting which represented the start of the RESCUE movement ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Shaping of the English Landscape is an atlas of English archaeology covering the period from the middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) to Domesday Book (AD 1086), encompassing the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Roman period, and the early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) age. It was produced as part of the English Landscape and Identities (EngLaId) project at the University of Oxford, which took place from 2011 to 2016, funded by the European Research Council. In this book, you will find maps (produced by Chris Green) and discussion of themes including landscape agency, settlement, foodways and field systems, belief and the treatment of the dead, mobility and defence, making things, and material culture. Alongside are artworks (produced by Miranda Creswell) dealing with similar themes and depicting archaeological sites from across England. The authors hope to inspire and encourage debate into the past history of the English landscape. Includes contributions from Anwen Cooper, Victoria Donnelly, Tyler Franconi, Roger Glyde, Chris Gosden, Zena Kamash, Janice Kinory, Sarah Mallet, Dan Stansbie, John Talbot, and Letty Ten Harkel.Trade Review‘…the sheer breadth and depth of the evidence compiled and analysed in this volume – together with the skilful interleaving of original artwork – make this an essential and characterful atlas for anyone undertaking large-scale archaeological studies of England. The availability of a free digital edition is a welcome bonus’ – Mark McKerracher (2022): Medieval Settlement Research, Vol. 37‘The book is certain to become a go-to reference guide for those working in archaeology and who need an overview of landscape information for particular periods. A must-have for cartophiles, it will also appeal to those with a broad interest in the periods covered. I hope the authors will consider producing future volumes covering the rest of the United Kingdom.’ – Andrew Tibbs (2022): Current Archaeology 386Table of ContentsChapter One: Understanding dataset structure ; Chapter Two: The temporalities and agency of landscape ; Chapter Three: Landscape and settlement ; Chapter Four: Landscape and foodways ; Chapter Five: Landscape and belief ; Chapter Six: Landscape, mobility, and defence ; Chapter Seven: Landscape and making things ; Chapter Eight: Landscape and material culture ; Chapter Nine: Data, art, and cartography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[Somerville's] infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history. * Observer *For someone who hated geology lessons at school, barely able to stay awake during discussions of laminated rhyolites and tuffaceous breccias, Christopher Somerville has made up for this with aplomb and vivid readability. To have tramped more than 1,000 miles from the sea stacks of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where in fiery days gone by more than 3,000 million years ago the landscape was literally set in stone, and reach the silty clay of Wallasea Island in Essex is a remarkable achievement. By focusing on the best bits of geological interest along the way such as Arthur's Seat in once volcanic Edinburgh, the sandstone crags of the Pennine Way and the chalky Chilterns, he provides an illuminating new take on the British landscape. Encounters, warm humour, history and plenty of geology (Carboniferous periods, Permian periods, Zechstein Seas, no less) carry you down the winding tracks. -- Tom Chesshyre, author of Lost in the LakesRambling alongside the tirelessly energetic Christopher Somerville from the comfort of my armchair is a joy. In Walking the Bones Someville is the perfect travelling companion. Knowledgeable and observant, he picks up the stories of the paths he walks along in much the same way as he illuminates the stones which are under his feet, holding them up for us to see, and then returning them to the path, for the next curious traveller to find. A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet. Glorious." -- Katherine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder and Women on NatureAn ideal gift for any walking enthusiast who wants to know more. -- Patrick Corbett * Geoscientist magazine *Walking the Bones of Britain demystifies our daunting geology on a nine-month journey laced with humour and history. -- Roger Butler * The Great Outdoors *

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Book SynopsisPrehistoric Man in Palliser Bay presents, in 14 papers by 9 authors, the results of a pioneering, multifaceted, archaeological research programme carried out between 1969 and 1972 in the south-eastern coastal part of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Book SynopsisMatthew Edgeworth is Research Associate and Project Officer, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester.Trade ReviewBeyond dams and diversions, the author extends the cultural dimension of watercourses to take in their more ethereal property of 'flow' ... a thought-provoking thesis on a very wide-ranging subject, which deserves much greater consideration. -- Stuart Nisbet, University of Glasgow…this is an ambitious book with a big argument.[…]Commendably, Edgeworth uses the theoretical literature and theoretical perspectives critically yet effectively, i.e., actor-network theory, symmetrical archaeology, phenomenology, etc., both to think through the case studies and to support his broader argument about the utility of the concept of flow. -- Cecelia Feldman Weiss, University of Massachusetts Amherst * The New England Classical Journal *

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Book SynopsisA ‘user-friendly’ and up-to-date investigation of Welsh Iron Age communities, incorporating new and exciting discoveriesTrade Review"Ray’s lectures and field trips, when he and I were colleagues at Newport, were always entertaining as well as scholarly, a happy combination that hooked students from all kinds of backgrounds. His book, crammed with knowledge and peppered with trenchant, often hilarious anecdotes, exemplifies this approach." -- Miranda Aldhouse Green * Current Archaeology Magazine *

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (the coastal strip from Lowestoft to Felixstowe), an area unusually rich in military archaeology. It was in the front line of Britain's defences against invasion throughout the war and as a training ground it was the setting for nationally important exercises in the lead-up to the D-Day landings. In 1944 it also played a major role in Operation 'Diver', the defence against the flying bomb. The Sandlings is therefore an ideal testbed for much wider questions about the militarisation of the landscape during the Second World War. This important new study considers how this area was transformed in the course of the conflict by synthesising an extensive range of sources, including the physical remains of defences and training, aerial photographs, the war diaries of military units on the coast, oral history and artistic representations. What emerges is the most detailed account to date of a coastal landscape during the Second World War. A highly innovative interdisciplinary study, this holistic approach reveals in astonishing detail the struggle to build defences in 1940, the dramatic reorganisation of those defences in 1941? 2 and the slow transformation of the military landscape from one of defence to one where troops prepared for the offensive. The reader is shown not just a new view of the wartime landscape, but a new methodology for the study of conflict landscapes more broadly; in this the book makes a major contribution to scholarship. Richly illustrated with plans, maps and wartime photographs - many published for the first time - the book presents a vivid picture of a landscape in a crucial period in its history and will be of great interest to military historians, landscape archaeologists and all those with an interest in the area.Table of Contents1 A regional landscape 2 Crisis on the coastline, 1939-40 3 Consolidation and reorganisation, 1941-42 4 The landscape of air defence, 1939-1945 5 Training and defence works, 1940-43 6 Preparing for Overlord, 1943-44 7 The face of battle 8 The civilian landscape 9 From eyesore to archaeology

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Book SynopsisCovering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This title presents environmental and human history of this region.Trade Review"Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references." Choice "It is ... an excellent resource for scholars and professionals working in the Great Basin and ... is essential for beginning archaeologists." -- Mark A. Giambastiani Journal Of Anthropological Research "This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats." Scienceblogs.com/The Guardian

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Book SynopsisThis descriptive report on the 1975 archaeological excavations at Cowboy Cave, an Archaic site located in Wayne County, Utah, provides relevant comparative and interpretive comments by a number of authors.

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Book SynopsisHistorical archaeologists explore landscapes in the American West through many lenses, including culture contact, colonialism, labor, migration, and identity. This volume sets landscape at the center of analysis, examining space (a geographic location) and place (the lived experience of a locale) in their myriad permutations. Divided into three thematic sections—the West as space, the West as community, and the West today—the book pulls together case studies from across the American West and incorporates multivocal contributions and perspectives from archaeology, anthropology, Indigenous studies, history, Latinx studies, geography, and material culture studies. Contributors tackle questions of how historical archaeologists theoretically and methodologically define the West, conveying the historical, mythological, and physical manifestations of placemaking. They confront issues of community and how diverse ethnic, racial, gendered, labor-based, and other demographic populations expressed their identities on and in the Western landscape. Authors also address the continued creation and re-creation of the West today, exploring the impact of the past on people in the present and its influence on modern conceptions of the American West.

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Book SynopsisMulti-disciplinary investigation of Anglo-Saxon funerary traditions. Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries following the retreat of Roman authority. The locations and manner in which communities chose to bury their dead, within the constraints of the environmentaland social milieu, reveal much about this transformational era. This book offers a pioneering exploration of the ways in which the cultural and physical environment influenced funerary traditions during the period c. AD 450-850, in the region which came to form the leading Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. This was a diverse landscape rich in ancient remains, in the form of imposing earthworks, enigmatic megaliths and vestiges of Roman occupation. Employing archaeological evidence, complemented by toponymic and documentary sources and elucidated through landscape analysis, the author argues that particular man-made and natural features were consciously selected as foci for funerary events and ritual practice, becoming integral to manifestations of identity and power in early medieval society. Kate Mees is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University.Trade Review[An] invaluable resource for anyone seeking to use evidence of burial in the landscape -- EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPEA detailed and thoughtful book...A stroke of Mees' brilliance is the use of microtopography, a novel approach that yields some intriguing inferences about the interplay between landscape and funerary ritual. * JAEMA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Perspectives, Approaches and Context Monument Reuse and the Inherited Landscape Topography and Ritual Life 'Britons and Saxons'? Land Use, Territoriality and Social Change The Church and the Funerary Landscape Conclusions Appendix: Gazetteer of burial sites in the study area, c. AD 450-850 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of small early folk communities prior to the eleventh century, showing their development and sophistication. All communities have a strong sense of identity with the area in which they live, which for England in the early medieval period manifested itself in a series of territorial entities, ranging from large kingdoms down to small districts known as pagi or regiones. This book investigates these small early folk territories, and the way that they evolved into the administrative units recorded in Domesday, across an entire kingdom - that of the East Saxons (broadly speaking, what is now Essex, Middlesex, most of Hertfordshire, and south Suffolk). A wide range of evidence is drawn upon, including archaeology, written documents, place-names and the early cartographic sources. The book looks in particular at the relationship between Saxon immigrants and the native British population, and argues that initially these ethnic groups occupied different parts of the landscape, until a dynasty which assumed an Anglo-Saxon identity achieved political ascendency (its members included the so-called "Prittlewell Prince", buried with spectacular grave-good in Prittlewell, near Southend-on- Sea in southern Essex). Other significant places discussed include London, the seat of the first East Saxon bishopric, the possible royal vills at Wicken Bonhunt near Saffron Walden and Maldon, and St Peter's Chapel at Bradwell-on-Sea, one of the most important surviving churches from the early Christian period.Trade ReviewStephen Rippon must be congratulated on a handsome, well-illustrated book that is a new must-read [...]. -- Current ArchaeologyTable of ContentsPART I: BACKGROUND Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Territoriality in Early Medieval England Chapter 3 Reconstructing Early Medieval Folk Territories PART II: THE EARLY FOLK TERRITORIES Chapter 4 From Early Folk Territory to Domesday Vills: The Rochford Peninsula Chapter 5 Immigration and Integration in the Central Thameside Districts: The Fen District and Havering Chapter 6 The Province of the Middle Saxons Chapter 7 Fringes of the Kingdom: The Eastern Coastal Districts and the Landscape Context of Anglo-Saxon Colonisation Chapter 8 A British Domain: The Central Claylands, Place-names, Early Medieval Territorial Identity, and the -ingas Question Chapter 9 Another British Domain: The Northern Claylands Chapter 10 And Another British Domain: The Western Districts, and Romano-British Antecedents of Early Medieval Central Places Chapter 11 Beyond the Northern Frontier PART III: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Chapter 12 Agriculture and Resource Management Chapter 13 Conclusions Appendices 1. Domesday population densities across the 'Rochford Peninsula' early folk territory 2. Sites used in the analysis of animal bone assemblages 3. Sites used in the analysis of charred cereal assemblages Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe extent to which Anglo-Saxon society was capable of large-scale transformations of the landscape is hotly disputed. This interdisciplinary book – embracing archaeological and historical sources – explores this important period in our landscape history and the extent to which buildings, settlements and field systems were laid out using sophisticated surveying techniques. In particular, recent research has found new and unexpected evidence for the construction of building complexes and settlements on geometrically precise grids, suggesting a revival of the techniques of the Roman land-surveyors (Agrimensores). Two units of measurement appear to have been used: the ‘short perch’ of 15 feet in central and eastern England, where most cases occur, and the ‘long perch’ of 18 feet at the small number of examples identified in Wessex. This technically advanced planning is evident during two periods: c.600–800, when it may have been a mostly monastic practice, and c.940–1020, when it appears to have been revived in a monastic context but then spread to a wider range of lay settlements.Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape is a completely new perspective on how villages and other settlement were formed. It combines map and field evidence with manuscript treatises on land-surveying to show that the methods described in the treatises were not just theoretical, but were put into practice. In doing so it reveals a major aspect of previously unrecognised early medieval technology.Trade Review'Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape – the title of both the book and the research project on which it is based – is a major contribution to the long-running and much-debated question as to when and how the English medieval countryside took shape. [...] These and many other insights are presented clearly and concisely in a compact volume that is likely to become an essential reference text for all Anglo-Saxonists.'Neil Faulkner, Current Archaeology'This fascinating book... introduces us to disparate and intriguing pieces of evidence... It has implications for historical transitions, including the impact of the Norman Conquest.' Thomas Pickles, English Historical Review‘I would strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in medieval settlement... the authors here offer a thesis which many readers may find compelling and will provide widespread inspiration to look at known sites in a new light.’ Carenza Lewis, Medieval Settlement ResearchTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Early medieval settlements and field systems3. Identifying planning in the early medieval landscape4. Planning technologies in post-Roman Europe and their impact on English practice5. Higher-status settlements in England, c.600-10506. Rural settlements in England, c.600-10507. ConclusionsAppendix A: Perches, post-holes and gridsAppendix B: Anglo-Saxon grids and the designing of buildings, with special reference to churches and the square root of twoAppendix C: Catalogue of Grid-Planned SitesBibliography

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Book SynopsisThe extent to which Anglo-Saxon society was capable of large-scale transformations of the landscape is hotly disputed. This interdisciplinary book – embracing archaeological and historical sources – explores this important period in our landscape history and the extent to which buildings, settlements and field systems were laid out using sophisticated surveying techniques. In particular, recent research has found new and unexpected evidence for the construction of building complexes and settlements on geometrically precise grids, suggesting a revival of the techniques of the Roman land-surveyors (Agrimensores). Two units of measurement appear to have been used: the ‘short perch’ of 15 feet in central and eastern England, where most cases occur, and the ‘long perch’ of 18 feet at the small number of examples identified in Wessex. This technically advanced planning is evident during two periods: c.600–800, when it may have been a mostly monastic practice, and c.940–1020, when it appears to have been revived in a monastic context but then spread to a wider range of lay settlements.Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape is a completely new perspective on how villages and other settlement were formed. It combines map and field evidence with manuscript treatises on land-surveying to show that the methods described in the treatises were not just theoretical, but were put into practice. In doing so it reveals a major aspect of previously unrecognised early medieval technology.Trade Review'Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape – the title of both the book and the research project on which it is based – is a major contribution to the long-running and much-debated question as to when and how the English medieval countryside took shape. [...] These and many other insights are presented clearly and concisely in a compact volume that is likely to become an essential reference text for all Anglo-Saxonists.'Neil Faulkner, Current Archaeology'This fascinating book... introduces us to disparate and intriguing pieces of evidence... It has implications for historical transitions, including the impact of the Norman Conquest.' Thomas Pickles, English Historical Review‘I would strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in medieval settlement... the authors here offer a thesis which many readers may find compelling and will provide widespread inspiration to look at known sites in a new light.’ Carenza Lewis, Medieval Settlement ResearchTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Early medieval settlements and field systems3. Identifying planning in the early medieval landscape4. Planning technologies in post-Roman Europe and their impact on English practice5. Higher-status settlements in England, c.600-10506. Rural settlements in England, c.600-10507. ConclusionsAppendix A: Perches, post-holes and gridsAppendix B: Anglo-Saxon grids and the designing of buildings, with special reference to churches and the square root of twoAppendix C: Catalogue of Grid-Planned SitesBibliography

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Book SynopsisThe story of hill farming on Exmoor is told here for the first time through archaeological evidence newly revealed after two years of systematic survey work. This compelling narrative of human endeavour against a beguiling, yet harsh landscape takes the reader from the pioneer farmers of the medieval period through to the inexhaustible energy of the Victorian ‘improvers’ who transformed the landscape of Exmoor. The focus of the book is the battle – and it is a battle – to make the wastes and moorland of this upland landscape as productive as possible. Meticulous survey work is presented showing how nearly 700 years of ‘reclamation’ on the royal forest of Exmoor, its surrounding commons and its hill farms, has helped to shape the landscape of Exmoor National Park. This includes recent air photographs, reconstructions, detailed plans and maps. This book will appeal to those who know and love Exmoor; those with an interest in hill farming and how the uplands have been farmed through time; and those who wish to know more about Victorian innovation. Trade ReviewThis beautifully illustrated volume from English Heritage is the result of two years of meticulous field survey work. ... The use of aerial photographs, reconstructions and detailed maps and plans make this an attractive as well as informative volume for those interested in history both of Exmoor iteself and more generally, hill farming and the role of Victorian innovation.Rural History Today... provides a perspective that combines an important narrative of the 'big picture', with nuanced, detailed and effective local case studies, and is worth reading to enrich any trip to this much-visited location.Agricultural History Review... this exceptionally well illustrated survey ...British ArchaeologyThis is a well-written and handsomely-produced book, splendidly illustrated and evidently the result of much dedicated research.Joe Bettey, Somerset Archaeology & Natural History... a readable and illuminating study of how Exmoor was exploited from medieval times onwards.Bob Silvester, Medieval Settlement Research... an authoritative account of a diverse and challenging upland landscape which repays detailed examination.Hazel Riley, Landscape HistoryIf you want an example of outstanding interdisciplinary publishing, this is it. ... In a short review it is impossible to do justice to the quality of the evidence and its assessment by the authors. ... The quality of the illustrations - full colour throughout - is outstanding, and, overall, this is an exemplary example of how to publish landscape research.Stephen Rippon, Medieval ArchaeologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Preface Introduction Section 1 The royal forest Section 2 The commons Section 3 The farmland Conclusion Glossary Primary sources Bibliography Index

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