A Date with the Two Cerne Giants
April 2, 2024
Have you seen the stories about the Cerne Abbas Giant in the news? Want to learn more? Enjoy this exclusive insight into an exciting Windgather Press volume on the subject…. READ MORE
Category: Landscapes
Running an 18th Century Landscaping Business
November 17, 2021
Having unearthed the previously unpublished work of Britain’s greatest landscape designer, Thomas White, two experts provide insight into how this infamous designer ran his landscaping business…in the 1700s. Although I… READ MORE
Archaeology, Ecology and Trees
February 9, 2018
What can trees tell us about the past? What can they tell us about our present? What might they tell the archaeologists of the future? Author RUTH TITTENSOR investigates. Trees… READ MORE
New Forest: The Forging of a Landscape
December 11, 2017
Once the domain of kings, the New Forest is today, in effect, open-access, largely state-owned land, famous for its pretty villages, mosaic of moorland and woodland, roaming horses and cattle,… READ MORE
Snails in Archaeology and Fruite de Mer
June 22, 2017
Do people really eat common garden snails? How long have snails, shellfish and molluscs been eaten throughout human history? And what can their remains at archaeological sites tell us about… READ MORE
Yorkshire Light: A Photographer’s Perspective
March 1, 2017
BY GUEST WRITER, AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG KENNEDY Cover image © Doug Kennedy I have now produced photo books of the Chiltern Hills, the North Downs which stretch from West… READ MORE
Following a Trail of Potsherds to the Landscape
February 16, 2017
How can pottery help to explore an archaeological landscape? Guest blogger DR. PHILIP MILLS, co-editor of Forms of Dwelling along with ULLA RAJALA, explains. Landscape archaeology is something that I, as a Roman ceramic… READ MORE
