Environmental & Earth Sciences

ISBN: 9781842172773
Published by : Oxbow Books
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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

ISBN: 9781785709920
Published by : Oxbow Books
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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 archit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813176406
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Culture of the Land
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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 ec... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781108455190
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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Clothing was crucial in human evolution, and having to cope with climate change was as true in prehistory as it is today. In Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory, Ian Gilligan offers the first complete account of the development of clo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781784916879
Published by : Archaeopress
This short introduction aims to provide archaeologists of all backgrounds with a grounding in the principles, materials, and methods of geology. Sections include coverage of main rock-forming minerals and classes of rocks. Geological maps and stru... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781108462051
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This handbook defines the discipline of historical seismology by detailing the latest research methodologies for studying historical earthquakes and tsunamis. It describes the various sources that reference seismic phenomena, discusses the critica... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781788313018
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Environmental History and Global Change
Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences. The field has been steadily enriched by scholars from a diversity of disciplines and much has happen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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