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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY

Written by Michael Aston
Published by Routledge in 1985
ISBN: 0415151406

INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 2136690
2001. Softcover. Very good condition.

The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Some light cover creasing.

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Front cover

Cover of INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY by Michael Aston

Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 How do we know what we know?
  • 2 Early landscapes
  • 3 Estates and boundaries
  • 4 Status in the landscape
  • 5 Deserted villages and after
  • 6 Surviving villages
  • 7 Farms and hamlets
  • 8 Sites and patterns
  • 9 Land uses
  • 10 Field systems
  • 11 Communications - the links between
  • 12 What does it all mean?
  • Bibliography and reference
  • Index