| Fertile Ground: Papers in Honour of Susan Limbrey Contributor(s): Smith, David N. (Author), Brickley, Megan (Author), Smith, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842171445 ISBN-13: 9781842171448 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2005 Annotation: The fourteen papers in this volume focus on the environmental archaeology of Britain, uncovering much evidence from seemingly unlikely places, . They are centred on issues looked at by Susan Limbrey during her career, and presented in her honour on the occasion of her retirement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - General - Science | Earth Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 936.1 |
| LCCN: 2008297355 |
| Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 166 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fourteen papers in this volume focus on the environmental archaeology of Britain, uncovering a rich seam of evidence from a variety of flora and fauna, including worms and bees, as well as rivers, estuaries and woodland. CONTENTS: Susan Limbrey - A Tribute (D. Smith, W. Smith and M. B. Brickley); Fertile Ground: Papers in Honour of Susan Limbrey - An Introduction (D. Smith, W. Smith and M. B. Brickley); Ten Years on from Whither Environmental Archaeology?: The Current State of Environmental Archaeology in Britain (M. B. Brickley, W. Smith and D. Smith); New World Dogs: Theory and Practice (D. Brothwell); The Severn-Wye Revisited: Lateglacial-Holocene Floodplain Palaeoenvironments in the Lugg Valley (A. G. Brown, J. Hatton, L. Pearson, R. Roseff and R. Jackson); Wondering about Worms: Stones, Soil and Stratigraphy (M. G. Canti); Holocene Relative Sea Level Change in the Severn Estuary: Regional and National Perspectives (D. Druce); Changing Fluvial Conditions and Landscapes in the Trent Valley: A Review of Palaeoentomological Evidence (M. Greenwood and D. Smith); Manuring Practices in Antiquity: A Review of the Evidence (E. Guttmann, I. Simpson and D. Davidson); The History of Woodland Management during the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Pindos Mountains, NW Greece (C. Hall); Cultural and Environmental Influences on Late Holocene Landscape Change in the Lesser Antilles: Some Preliminary Observations from Nevis (J. Heathcote); Honeybees (Apis mellifera Linnaeus) from Archaeological Deposits in Britain (H. Kenward); Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology: Contributions to Interpretation of the Neolithic Settlement at atalh , Turkey (W. Matthews); Health in Romano-British Urban Communities: Reflections from the Cemeteries (R. Redfern and C. Roberts). |