Somerset's peatland archaeology : managing and investigating a fragile resource : the results of the Monuments at Risk in Somerset Peatlands (MARISP) Project

Somerset's peatland archaeology managing and investigating a fragile resource : the results of the Monuments at Risk in Somerset Peatlands (MARISP) Project

The Somerset Levels and Moors are part of a series of coastal floodplains that fringe both sides of the Severn Estuary. These areas have similar Holocene environmental histories and contain a wealth of waterlogged archaeological landscapes and discrete monuments. The importance of Somerset's pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brunning, Richard, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England ; Oakville, Connecticut : Oxbow Books [2013]
Materias:
Monuments at Risk in Somerset Peatlands Project.
Peatlands > England > Somerset.
Monuments > Conservation and restoration > England > Somerset.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > England > Somerset.
Excavations (Archaeology) > England > Somerset.
Somerset (England) > Antiquities.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009668696706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the Project
  • Methodology
  • Trackways
  • Platforms and Pile Alignments
  • Lake Villages
  • Medieval Causeway
  • Preservervation and Environmental Change
  • Research and Management Strategies
  • Appendix 1: Key for habitat groups and scale of abundance for plant macrofossil analysis tables
  • Appendix 2: Abbreviations for ecological codes and statistics used for interpretation of insect remains in text and tables
  • Appendix 3: MARISP pollen assessment plates
  • Appendix 4: MARISP plant macrofossil assessment figures
  • Appendix 5: Troels-Smith stratigraphic descriptions.

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