Biological Sciences
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Appalachian Plants: In the Garden, In the Yard, and In the Wild [Hardback]
Linda Hager Pack (Author); Pat Banks (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813198941
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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In Appalachian Plants: In the Garden, In the Yard, and In the Wild, Linda Hager Pack takes readers on a journey through the historical wilds of Appalachia, remembering a time when Appalachians relied on plants for much more than feeding t... .... Learn More -
The Architecture of Evolution: The Science of Form in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Biology [Hardback]
Marco Tamborini (Author)
£41.00ISBN: 9780822947356
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
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In the final decades of the twentieth century, the advent of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) offered a revolutionary new perspective that transformed the classical neo-Darwinian, gene-centered study of evolution. In The Architecture ... .... Learn More -
An Introduction to the History of Chronobiology, Volume 2: Biological Rhythms in Animals and Humans [Hardback]
Jole Shackelford (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780822947479
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
In three volumes, historian Jole Shackelford delineates the history of the study of biological rhythms - now widely known as chronobiology - from antiquity into the twentieth century. Perhaps the most well-known biological rhythm is the circadian ... .... Learn More -
Parishioner and Pauper Burials from St James Westminster (1695–1790): Excavations at Marshall Street, London W1, 2008–9 [Hardback]
Michael Henderson (Author); Adrian Miles (Author); Sarah Ritchie (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9781907586521
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Volume: 74
Additional burial areas for the parish of St James Westminster in the 17th to 18th century were excavated in 2008–9. As the northern part of the parish around Soho grew and its population increased from the mid 17th century, pressure mounted on bu... .... Learn More -
The Patients’ Story: Dr Radcliffe's Legacy in the Age of Hospitals – Excavations at the 18th–19th Century Radcliffe – Infirmary Burial Ground, Oxford [Paperback]
Louise Loe (Author); Helen Webb (Author); Andrew Simmonds (Author); Daniel Poore (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780904220889
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: Oxford Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 32
Excavations at the site of the burial ground of the old Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, revealed the largest assemblage of individual burials yet recovered from an 18th/19th century hospital site in Britain. Founded in 1770 with funds from the estate... .... Learn More -
Tales from the Vaults and other Newington Horror Stories: An Archaeological and Historical Study of Elephant and Castle’s Underworld [Paperback]
Alexis Haslam (Author)
£18.50ISBN: 9781999615598
Published by : Pre-Construct Archaeology
The redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle Leisure Centre in Southwark, built on the churchyard of the former church of St. Mary Newington, provided the opportunity for archaeological excavation, supported by detailed historic research and archa... .... Learn More -
The Sacred Body: Materializing the Divine through Human Remains in Antiquity [Hardback]
Nicola Laneri (Editor)
£50.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789255188
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Material Religion in Antiquity
Volume: 1
The human body serves as a symbolic bridge between communities of the living and the divine. This is clearly evident in mythological stories that recount the creation of humans by deities within ancient and contemporaneous societies across a very ... .... Learn More -
EAA 174: Provisioning Ipswich: Animal Remains from the Saxon and Medieval Town [Paperback]
Pam J. Crabtree (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780956874764
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 174
This volume presents the results of the zooarchaeological analysis of animal bones that were recovered from sixteen sites in Ipswich between 1974 and 1988. The focus of the study is on the animal bones from Middle Saxon (700-850/880), Early Late S... .... Learn More -
Themes in Old World Zooarchaeology: From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic [Hardback]
Umberto Albarella (Editor); Cleia Detry (Editor); Sónia Gabriel (Editor); Catarina Ginja (Editor); Ana Elisabete Pires (Editor); João Tereso (Editor)
£60.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789255348
Published by : Oxbow Books
This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology. The research presented here spans various areas across Europe, Western Asia and North Africa – from the Mediterranean to ... .... Learn More -
The Wandering Herd: The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450 [Paperback]
Andrew Margetts (Author)
£34.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781911188797
Published by : Windgather Press
The British countryside is on the brink of change. With the withdrawal of EU subsidies, threats of US-style factory farming and the promotion of ‘rewilding’ initiatives, never before has so much uncertainty and opp... .... Learn More
