THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.
in 2004
ISBN: 0954557549
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- RIVERS
THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort.
Stock no. 1828025
1st.
2004.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Landscapes of Britain series. This book is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project which aimed to identify and explore the archaeology of the wetlands before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0954557549. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Natural History
- 3 Prehistoric Wetland Exploitation
- 4 'Lake Dwellings' and Prehistoric Wetland Settlement
- 5 Wetlands as Waterways
- 6 Late Prehistoric Ritualised Activity in Wetlands
- 7 Roman Wetland Colonisation and Exploitation
- 8 Medieval Wetland Exploitation
- 9 The Drainage of the Humber Wetlands
- 10 The Archaeology of a Dynamic Landscape
- Bibliography
- Index