Environmental & Earth Sciences
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Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia: Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region [Hardback]
Mark Maltby (Editor)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781842172773
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
This is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the... .... Learn More -
Reinventing Sustainability: How Archaeology Can Save the Planet [Paperback]
Erika Guttmann-Bond (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781785709920
Published by : Oxbow Books
There have been many books written about what we can learn from the failures of the past, but I want to take a more optimistic view, focussing on what we have to learn from past successes. This book is about sustainable agriculture and architec... .... Learn More -
Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats: The environmental archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough [eBook (PDF)]
K. M. Dobney(Author); D. Jaques(Author); James Barrett(Author); Cluny Johnstone(Author)
£0.00Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Excavations at Flixborough
Volume: 3
The environmental archaeological evidence from the site of Flixborough (in particular the animal bone assemblage) provides a series of unique insights into Anglo-Saxon life in England during the 8th to 10th centuries. The research... .... Learn More -
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire - A Parish Church and its Community: Volume 2 The Human Remains [eBook (PDF)]
T. Waldron(Author)
£0.00Published by : Oxbow Books
The excavations at St Peter's church, Barton-upon-Humber, between 1978 and 1984 have yielded the largest collection of human remains in the UK, dating from the late tenth century to the mid-nineteenth. The twin aims of the project... .... Learn More -
Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms [Hardback]
Jeffrey Bilbro (Author)
£54.00ISBN: 9780813176406
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Culture of the Land
For over fifty years, Wendell Berry has argued that our most pressing ecological and cultural need is a renewed formal intelligence - a mode of thinking and acting that fosters the health of the earth and its beings. Yet the present industrial eco... .... Learn More -
Elkhorn: Evolution of a Kentucky Landscape [Hardback]
Richard Taylor (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9780813176017
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
When former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor took a job at Kentucky State University in 1975, he purchased a fixer-upper - in need of a roof, a paint job, city water, and central heating - that became known to his friends as "Taylor's Folly."... .... Learn More -
Ancient Fishing and Fish Processing in the Black Sea Region [Hardback]
Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen (Author)
£21.95ISBN: 9788779340961
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: (Black Sea Studies)
This volume challenges the orthodox view that fishing and fish played only a marginal role in the economy of the ancient world. In fact, there is archaeological evidence for ancient fish processing on a commercial scale not only in the Mediterrane... .... Learn More -
Digital Geoarchaeology: New Techniques for Interdisciplinary Human-Environmental Research [Hardback]
Christoph Siart (Editor); Markus Forbriger (Editor); Olaf Bubenzer (Editor)
Regular Price: £74.99
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9783319253145
Published by : Springer Verlag
Modern archaeology can be considered as an interdisciplinary approach that increasingly combines different methods and datasets to answer questions about ancient cultures and their remains. Having its major focus on new technologies and multi-meth... .... Learn More -
Water in Kentucky: Natural History, Communities, and Conservation [Paperback]
Brian D. Lee (Editor); Tricia Coakley (Other); Jeffrey W. Stringer (Other); Emma Whitt (Other); Jamey Wiglesworth (Other)
£29.00ISBN: 9780813175157
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth ... .... Learn More -
Molluscs in Archaeology: Methods, Approaches and Applications [Paperback]
Michael J. Allen (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9781785706080
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studying Scientific Archaeology
Volume: 3
The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades as most previous volumes in this subject area have been confined to studies of either land or marine molluscs, or mollusc shells as artefacts. The 23... .... Learn More
