Botany, Plants
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A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits [Hardback]
R. T. J. Cappers (Author); R.M. Bekker (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9789491431265
Published by : Barkhuis
The taxonomic identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. The specialist literature and botanical reference collections can be helpful, and knowing where to begin reading and comparing... .... Learn More -
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Landscape and Garden Design: Lessons from History [Paperback]
Gordon Haynes (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781849950824
Published by : Whittles Publishing
This book presents a chronological review of garden design which both simplifies the big picture and supplies a rationale, with examples, of the merits and demerits of each design period while reflecting on the social conditions w... .... Learn More -
Insects in the City: An Archaeoentomological Perspective on London's Past [Paperback]
David Smith (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781407309866
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Through a case study of the results from London, this book provides an introduction to, and survey of the discipline of archaeoentomology. Alongside a chronological analysis of the evidence from insect remains which has been uncov... .... Learn More -
Gardens in History: A Political Perspective [Paperback]
Louise Wickham (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781905119431
Published by : Windgather Press
Over the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established as an academic discipline. While many have explored what was created in gardens throughout history, the reasons as to why they were created has naturally been mor... .... Learn More -
Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology [Hardback]
R Neef (Author); RTJ Cappers (Author); RM Bekker (Author)
£175.00ISBN: 9789491431029
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Groningen Archaeological Studies
Volume: 17
The third part of the Digital Plant Atlas presents illustrations of subfossil remains of plants with economic value. These plant remains mainly derive from excavations in the Old World (Europe, Western Asia and North Africa) that the Deutsches Arc... .... Learn More -
A Short Visit to Mistra on May 1st: Mistra Estates Flora [Hardback]
Eugene Ladopoulos (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9789609979900
Published by : Mistra Estates
This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a visually stunning visit to the countryside around the Byzantine town of Mistra, Greece. It contains a series of exquisite photographs and illustrations of the many varieties of flower that ... .... Learn More -
'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History [Paperback]
Ann Brooks (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781905119370
Published by : Windgather Press
The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience "not unlike a fashionable resort". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only... .... Learn More -
Archaeobotany in Hungary: Seed, Fruit and Beverage Remains in the Carpathian Basin from the Neolithic to the Late Middle Ages [Hardback]
Ferenc Gyulai (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9789638046932
Published by : Archaeolingua
This volume presents an inventory of all seed, fruit and beverage remains from 130 years of excavations in Hungary and stretching back some 8000 years. Ferenc Gyulai's accompanying analysis traces the history of archaeobotanical research in Hu... .... Learn More -
Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna [Paperback]
Terry O'Connor (Editor); Naomi Jane Sykes (Editor)
Regular Price: £28.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119318
Published by : Windgather Press
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, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course ... .... Learn More