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
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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 -
Reinventing Sustainability: How Archaeology can Save the Planet [Paperback]
Erika Guttmann-Bond (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £18.75
ISBN: 9781785709920
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past, and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future. Ancient technologies are what engineers define as ‘intermediate’, which means that they are of... .... Learn More -
Geology for Archaeologists: A short introduction [Paperback]
J.R.L. Allen (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 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 -
Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Past: A Guide to Techniques in Historical Seismology [Paperback]
Emanuela Guidoboni (Author); John E. Ebel (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 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 -
Geoarchaeology: The Human Environment Approach [Hardback]
Carlos Cordova (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781788313018
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: Environmental History and Global Change
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
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 -
Life on the Edge: Human Settlement and Marginality [eBook (PDF)]
Coralie Mills(Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9781789250251
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Volume: 13
Throughout history some areas have been less attractive for living and farming than others. These areas are identified as marginal because of environmental, economic or socio-political factors. How can we recognise marginality in ... .... Learn More -
Fertile Ground: Papers in honour of Susan Limbrey [eBook (PDF)]
David N. Smith(Author); Megan Brickley(Author); Wendy Smith(Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781789250022
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Volume: 22
The fourteen papers in this volume focus on the environmental archaeology of Britain, uncovering a rich seam of evidence from what might, to the uninitiated, seem like the most unlikely places. They are centred on issues looked at... .... Learn More -
Life on the Edge: Human Settlement and Marginality [eBook (epub)]
Coralie Mills(Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9781789250237
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Volume: 13
Throughout history some areas have been less attractive for living and farming than others. These areas are identified as marginal because of environmental, economic or socio-political factors. How can we recognise marginality in ... .... Learn More -
Fertile Ground: Papers in honour of Susan Limbrey [eBook (epub)]
David N. Smith(Author); Megan Brickley(Author); Wendy Smith(Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781789250008
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Volume: 22
The fourteen papers in this volume focus on the environmental archaeology of Britain, uncovering a rich seam of evidence from what might, to the uninitiated, seem like the most unlikely places. They are centred on issues looked at... .... Learn More
