Botany, Plants
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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 -
Shades of Green: An Environmental and Cultural History of Sitka Spruce [Paperback]
Ruth Tittensor (Author)
£29.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781909686779
Published by : Windgather Press
Sitka spruce has contributed to the Pacific Coast landscapes of North America for over ten millennia. For the Tlingit First Nationit is the most important tree in terms of spiritual relationships, art, and products in daily use such a... .... Learn More -
Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass [Hardback]
Tom Kimmerer (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813165660
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
When the first settlers arrived in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, they found an astonishing landscape of open woodland grazed by vast herds of bison. Farmers quickly replaced the bison with cattle, sheep, and horses, but left many of the trees ... .... Learn More -
Gardens in History: A Political Perspective [Paperback]
Louise Wickham (Author)
£29.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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 -
'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History [Paperback]
Ann Brooks (Author)
£26.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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 -
Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna [Paperback]
Terry O'Connor (Editor); Naomi Jane Sykes (Editor)
£35.00Click here for ebook buying options
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 -
Tree-Rings, Kings and Old World Archaeology and Environment: Papers Presented in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm [Hardback]
Sturt W. Manning (Author); Mary Jaye Bruce (Author)
£65.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842173862
Published by : Oxbow Books
The study of tree-rings (dendrochronology) provides a key resource for determining dates for archaeological and other contexts where wood/charcoal is present (and so cultural chronology), and for investigating past climate and environment. In ... .... Learn More -
From Foragers to Farmers: Papers in Honour of Gordon C. Hillman [Hardback]
Andrew S. Fairbairn (Editor); Ehud Weiss (Author)
£60.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781842173541
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume celebrates the career of archaebotanist Professor Gordon C. Hillman. Twenty-eight papers cover a wide range of topics reflecting the great influence that Hillman has had in the field of archaeobotany. Many of his favourite research ... .... Learn More -
Trees and Shrubs of Kentucky [Hardback]
Mary E. Wharton (Author); Roger W. Barbour (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813112947
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive guide to the 282 species of woody plants found in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Eastern Missouri. Illustrated with more than 1,150 photog... .... Learn More -
An Archaeobotanical Guide to Root & Tuber Identification [Paperback]
Jon G. Hather (Author)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9780946897551
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: JRPS
Volume: 28
A visual index of photographs for identifying charred remains of roots and tubers from archaeological sites in Europe and the Near East. Although often present in archaeological deposits the charred remains of vegetative organs, roots, tubers, rhi... .... Learn More
