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Environmental Archaeology
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Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna
edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes
Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, while others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's fauna. For reasons of fear, suspicion, or desire, or simply inadvertently, certain species were brought to extinction. In their place new animals were ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$56.00, Our Price US$45.00
Prehistoric Landscape Development and Human Impact in the Upper Allen Valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset
by Charles French and Helen Lewis
This volume concerns the palaeo-environmental and archaeological investigations of the upper Allen valley of Cranborne Chase, Dorset, between 1998 and 2003, which revealed sequences of landscape development which contrast with those previously put forward for the region. A programme of valley-wide geoarchaeological survey and palynological analyses of the relict palaeo-channel system was conducted, along with sample investigations and open area ...
Hardback. Price US$120.00
Journal of Wetland Archaeology 6 2006
edited by Bryony Coles
The Journal of Wetland Archaeology is the journal of the Wetland Archaeological Research Project (WARP) and the University of Exeter Centre for Wetland Research.
Contents: The dendrochronological dating of timber crossings in West Jutland, Denmark (Daly); Landscapes of failure: the archaeology of flooded wetlands in south and east England (Gardiner and Hartwell); The formation of tells in the Lower Danube wetlands (Gheorghiu); ...
Paperback. Price US$50.00
A Promethean Legacy: Late Quaternary Vegetation History of Southern Georgia, the Caucasus
by S.E. Connor
In this work, the author presents an original analysis of palaeoecological and archaeological data from Southern Georgia, demonstrating how past societies and environments interacted in this region of high biodiversity and ancient culture. New pollen records, including the first fire histories for the Caucasus region, are analysed using novel statistical techniques, providing insights into the regions climatic and vegetation history that ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$137.00, Our Price US$110.00
Tombeau des Aymorés: Le monde souterrain des Indiens Pataxo (Bahia-Brésil)
by F. Kohler
English summary: The idea that there are people willing to live in harmony with the environment, and to respect the beings who inhabit it, directs many policies to protect natural environments.
This book is the result of four years of investigation on the Pataxo in the extreme southern state of Bahia, Brazil. The current destruction of vegetation cover of what was a "biosphere reserve"- the National Park of Mount Pascal, what ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$66.00, Our Price US$53.00
Marshland Communities and Cultural Landscapes from the Bronze Age to the Present Day
by Christopher Evans and Ian Hodder
Set in the context of this project's innovative landscape surveys, four extraordinary sites excavated at Haddenham, north of Cambridge chart the transformation of Neolithic woodland to Romano-British marshland, providing unrivalled insights into death and ritual in a changing prehistoric environment. Volume II moves on to later periods, and reveals how Iron Age and Romano-British communities adapted to the wetland environment that had now become ...
Hardback. Price US$75.00
A Woodland Archaeology: Neolithic Sites at Haddenham
by Christopher Evans and Ian Hodder
Set in the context of this project's innovative landscape surveys, four extraordinary sites excavated at Haddenham, north of Cambridge chart the transformation of Neolithic woodland to Romano-British marshland, providing unrivalled insights into death and ritual in a changing prehistoric environment. The highlight of Volume I is the internationally renowned Foulmire Fen long barrow, with its preserved timber burial chamber and façade. The ...
Hardback. Price US$75.00
Living with Animals: a Zooarchaeological Study of Urban Human-Animal Relationships in Early Modern Tornio (northern Finland), 1621-1800
by Anna-Kaisa Puputti
In this work the author describes the animal husbandry practices and the use of wild resources in early modern Tornio (northern Finland) based on zooarchaeological evidence. The animal bone assemblages from Tornio have not previously been published or ...
Paperback. Price US$65.00
Evolutionary Archaeology of Ceramic Diversity in Ancient Fiji Bar S1912
by Ethan E Cochrane
The research presented here investigates the evolution of material cultural diversity in the Yasawa Islands in the northwestern corner of the Fijian archipelago. This work builds upon several field seasons of basic research in the Yasawas, as well as ...
Paperback. Price US$90.00
L'Homme et le Precieux: Materières Minérales Précieuses
edited by Marie-hélène Moncel and François Fröhlich
314p (Archaeopress 2009)
Paperback. Price US$147.50
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