Beacons In The Landscape
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Beacons In The Landscape
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Author : Ian Brown
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2009-07-20
Beacons In The Landscape written by Ian Brown and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-20 with Social Science categories.
Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they constructed, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales, addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the difficult issue of definition and the great excavations on which our knowledge is based, Ian Brown investigates in turn hillforts' origins, their architecture, and the role they played in Iron Age society. He also discusses the latest theories about their location, social significance and chronology. The book provides a valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in Britain on hillforts over the last thirty years. Hillforts' great variability poses many problems, and this book should help guide both the specialist and non-specialist alike though the complex literature. Furthermore, it has an important conservation objective. Land use in the modern era has not been kind to these monuments, with a significant number either disfigured or lost. Public consciousness of their importance needs raising if their management is to be improved and their future assured.
Landscapes And Landforms Of England And Wales
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Author : Andrew Goudie
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-05-10
Landscapes And Landforms Of England And Wales written by Andrew Goudie and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-10 with Science categories.
This book presents the geomorphological diversity of England and Wales. These regions are characterised by an extraordinary range of landforms and landscapes, reflecting both the occurrence of many different rock types and drastic climatic changes over the last few million years, including ice sheet expansion and decay. The book begins by providing the geological and geomorphological context needed in order to understand this diversity in a relatively small area. In turn, it presents nearly thirty case studies on specific landscapes and landforms, all of which are landmarks in the territory discussed. These include the famous coastal cliffs and landslides, granite tors of Dartmoor, formerly glaciated mountains of Snowdonia and the Lake District, karst of Yorkshire, and many others. The geomorphology of London and the Thames is also included. Providing a unique reference guide to the geomorphology of England and Wales, the book is lavishly illustrated with diagrams, colour maps and photos, and written in an easy-to-read style. The contributing authors are distinguished geomorphologists with extensive experience in research, writing and communicating science to the public. The book will not only be of interest to geoscientists, but will also benefit specialists in landscape research, geoconservation, tourism and environmental protection.
Brecon Beacons Collins New Naturalist Library Book 126
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Author : Jonathan Mullard
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Brecon Beacons Collins New Naturalist Library Book 126 written by Jonathan Mullard and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Nature categories.
The first comprehensive book to be published about the wildlife of the Brecon Beacons is a much-anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series, and reveals the natural wonders of this seemingly wild and inhospitable mountain landscape.
Nature Of The Brecon Beacons
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Author : Kevin Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03
Nature Of The Brecon Beacons written by Kevin Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03 with Natural history categories.
Pagan Britain
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Author : Ronald Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Pagan Britain written by Ronald Hutton and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.
Britain's pagan past, with its astonishing number and variety of mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends and cryptic inscriptions, has always enthralled and perplexed us. 'Pagan Britain' is a history of religious beliefs from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. This ambitious book integrates the latest evidence to survey our transformed - and transforming - understanding of early religious behaviour; and, also, the way in which that behaviour has been interpreted in recent times, as a mirror for modern dreams and fears. From the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity and beyond, Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression and enduring cultural significance of paganism. Woven into the chronological narrative are numerous case studies of sacred sites both well-known - Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge and Maiden Castle - and more unusual far-flung locations across the mainland and coastal islands.
Unfamiliar Landscapes
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Author : Thomas Aneurin Smith
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-06-16
Unfamiliar Landscapes written by Thomas Aneurin Smith and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-16 with Social Science categories.
This book critically interrogates how young people are introduced to landscapes through environmental education, outdoor recreation, and youth-led learning, drawing on diverse examples of green, blue, outdoor, or natural landscapes. Understanding the relationships between young people and unfamiliar landscapes is vital for young people’s current and future education and wellbeing, but how landscapes and young people are socially constructed as unfamiliar is controversial and contested. Young people are constructed as unfamiliar within certain landscapes along lines of race, gender or class: this book examines the cultures of outdoor learning that perpetuate exclusions and inclusions, and how unfamiliarity is encountered, experienced, constructed, and reproduced. This interdisciplinary text, drawing on Human Geography, Education, Leisure and Heritage Studies, and Anthropology, challenges commonly-held assumptions about how and why young people are educated in unfamiliar landscapes. Practice is at the heart of this book, which features three ‘conversations with practitioners’ who draw on their personal and professional experiences. The chapters are organised into five themes: (1) The unfamiliar outdoors; (2) The unfamiliar past; (3) Embodying difference in unfamiliar landscapes; (4) Being well, and being unfamiliar; and (5) Digital and sonic encounters with unfamiliarity. Educational practitioners, researchers and students will find this book essential for taking forward more inclusive outdoor and youth-led education.
Brecon Beacons
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Author : Adam Burton
language : en
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Release Date : 2011-05
Brecon Beacons written by Adam Burton and has been published by Frances Lincoln this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05 with Brecon Beacons National Park (Wales) categories.
Covering a vast and varied landscape, the Brecon Beacons is one of Southern Britain's most spectacular National Parks. Encompassing three imposing mountain ranges, much of the area is remote and untamed wilderness, rich in windswept moorland, sandstone summits and dramatic valleys. Within these natural mountain boundaries lies a varied and beautiful landscape of rivers and waterfalls, rolling pastoral countryside, canalways and forest. Adam Burton's glorious photographs of the Brecon Beacons in all seasons and weathers will captivate all who love this most special of Britain's wild places.
Landscape Encyclopaedia
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Author : Richard Muir
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2004
Landscape Encyclopaedia written by Richard Muir and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This text is a useful reference tool for anyone with a serious interest in Britain and Ireland's historic landscapes. It contains over 1200 entries providing explanations of the major terms, features and ideas discussed in landscape history and archaeology.
The Big City A Dystopian Science Fantasy Novel
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Author : Scott Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Aether Wind
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The Big City A Dystopian Science Fantasy Novel written by Scott Reeves and has been published by Aether Wind this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
Thousands of years in the future, Earth is entirely covered by enormous skyscrapers that are tens of miles tall and extend miles beneath the surface. There’s not a bare spot of ground that isn’t covered with blacktop or occupied by one of these “megascrapers.” Hundreds of billions of people spend their lives entirely within these monsters of technology, living, working, shopping, relaxing… Rare is the individual who ventures onto the roofs, or even crosses over to the next building. The concept of “outside,” of green hills and vast natural countryside, has been all but forgotten, because it’s all been paved over or built upon. These millions of megascrapers comprise one vast, endless city. The Big City. Jed Morble, a Big City man, is weary of the endless rush of civilization. Weaned on fabulous tales of the Great Outdoors told to him by his long-dead grandmother, he longs for the outside, but knows he’ll never find it. So he trudges despondently through his pointless existence, until one day, he happens upon a document that points the way to a door that leads to another world—of green hills and vast natural countrysides. The only problem is, the door is deep in the heart of a bombed-out section of the city that now serves as a prison for the dregs of society. Jed decides to make the attempt. His journey will lead him through criminal territory and into a vast, unspoiled new world, where he’ll clash with aliens who once decimated the Earth, and will ultimately learn a shocking secret about the new world he plans to call home.
Trees Forested Landscapes And Grazing Animals
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Author : Ian D. Rotherham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Trees Forested Landscapes And Grazing Animals written by Ian D. Rotherham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with Nature categories.
In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping our environment today and in the future. Debates on the types of anciently grazed landscapes in Europe, and what they tell us about past and present ecology, have been especially topical and controversial recently. This treatment brings the current discussions and the latest research to a much wider audience. The book breaks new ground in broadening the scope of wood-pasture and woodland research to address sites and ecologies that have previously been overlooked but which hold potential keys to understanding landscape dynamics. Eminent contributors, including Oliver Rackham and Frans Vera, present a text which addresses the importance of history in understanding the past landscape, and the relevance of historical ecology and landscape studies in providing a future vision.