Environmental & Earth Sciences
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The Environment and World History [Paperback]
E. Burke (Author);Kenneth Pomeranz (Author)
£16.95ISBN: 9780520256880
Published by : University of California Press
Since around 1500 AD humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. This book offers an overview of global environmental history throughout this remarkable 500-year period. In eleven essays, the contributor... .... Learn More -
Metals and Societies: Studies in Honour of Barbara S Ottaway [Paperback]
Tobias Kienlin (Author);Ben Roberts (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9783774936317
Published by : Dr Rudolf Habelt GmbH
32 papers on prehistoric metallurgy, including theoretical papers and case studies focusing in the main on early Bronze Age Europe, and examining the social context of metallurgy and mining. .... Learn More -
Metallurgy and Civilisation: Eurasia and Beyond [Paperback]
Jianjun Mei (Author)
£49.50ISBN: 9781904982494
Published by : Archetype Books
The papers presented here provide a good overview of the breadth and depth of current archaeometallurgical research related to Asia and beyond. Topics covered include the beginnings of bronze metallurgy in China, the early history of lost-wax ... .... Learn More -
The Wetlands Handbook [Hardback]
Edward Maltby (Author)
£175.00ISBN: 9780632052554
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
A departure from more traditional treatises, this text examines freshwater wetland ecosystem science from the fundamentals to issues of management and policy. Introductory chapters address the scope and significance of wetlands globally for com... .... Learn More -
The Evolution of the Built Environment [Paperback]
Helen Wilkins (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781407305950
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study investigates the relationship between the thermal performance of building assemblages (classes of buildings) and the social life of human communities using a multi-scalar Neo-Darwinian approach to study the evolution of the built en... .... Learn More -
Metallurgie des Depots de Bronzes a la Fin de L-age du Bronze final (IXe-VIIIe av. J.-C.) dans le domaine Sarre-Lorraine [Paperback]
Cecile Veber (Author)
£53.00ISBN: 9781407305998
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
THis study re-evaluates discoveries of deposits of bronze artefacts in the Lorraine, the Saar and Luxemburg during the late Bronze Age. It studies the objects typologically and in terms of their manufacture, combining this with statistical anal... .... Learn More -
Mollusk Shells in Troia, Yenibademli and Ulucak [Paperback]
Canan Cakirlar (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781407304694
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study investigates the archaeomalacological assemblages from three Bronze Age sites in the Aegean: Troia, Yenibademli and Ulucak. The principle aim of the study is to reveal the environmental factors and cultural and economic stimuli that ... .... Learn More -
Evolution de l'Economie Alimentaire et des Pratiques d'Elevage de l'Antiquite au Haut Moyen Age en Gaule du Nord [Paperback]
Fabienne Pigiere (Author)
£48.00ISBN: 9781407306124
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study uses zooarchaeological remains to trace change and continuity during the transformation of the Roman west from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD. Research is focused on the fertile Middle Belgian and Dutch loess region, and in particular f... .... Learn More -
Tracking Down the Past: Ethnohistory Meets Zooarchaeology [Hardback]
Gisela Grupe (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9783896466228
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This collection demonstrates the usefulness of actualistic research on present day samples to create analogues for archaeozoological work. Case studies are drawn from around the world and include ethnographic research on human-animal interract... .... Learn More -
Vegetation and Environment in Nydam, Denmark during the Iron Age [Paperback]
Else Kolstrup (Author)
£12.50