| Woodland and Forests Bar S1348 Contributor(s): Szabó, Péter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841716944 ISBN-13: 9781841716947 Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd OUR PRICE: $75.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 333.750 |
| LCCN: 2005391826 |
| Series: BAR International |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.37 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Central European Series 2 In this work the author investigates the pre-Turkish Hungarian landscape and describes how medieval woodland functioned. (Particular attention is given to the woods around Pilis and Bakony.) In combining this with evidence still visible on the ground, the author goes further than seeing trees and woods as mere "environment". His study in important in that it begins to trace a common tradition of cultural landscapes in north and central Europe, taking into account coppicing, 'royal forests', common and private woodland, pollarding, monastic usages, etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Szabo, Peter: - Péter Szabó |