Publication

1996 - Edinburgh University Press for the University of Durham, Edinburgh, Scotland

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing8704859
  • Goodreads5102355

Classifications

  • DDC930.1/3
  • LCCGN774.22.G7 S56 1996

Description

Britain's moorland is characterised by a lack of trees, yet scientists say that most if not all of these areas were forested at some point since the last Ice Age. This remarkable study overturns the suggestion that climatic change was entirely responsible for the treeless landscape, and provides evidence that human societies were also implicated in the demise of Britain's forests. Readership: undergraduate and postgraduate students in archaeology (Mesolithic culture and environmental archaeology), geography (environmental and historical) and environmental studies.

Subjects

Topics

NatureHistoryHeathlandsHuman ecologyDeforestationClimatic changesMoors (Wetlands)

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