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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811990303321

Autore

Aston Michael

Titolo

Interpreting the landscape : landscape archaeology and local history / / Michael Aston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

0-9546824-0-8

1-134-74630-X

9780415451405

1-134-74631-8

1-280-31817-1

0-203-44212-1

Edizione

[[Rev. ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

911.41

911.42

936.2

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - England

Archaeology and history - England

Landscape archaeology - England

Landscape assessment - England

Land use - England - History

England Historical geography

England History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE Landscape Archaeology and Local History; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; I How do we know what weknow?; 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 references; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most places in Britain have had a local history written about them. Up until this century these histories have addressed more parochial issues,



such as the life of the manor, rather than explaining the features and changes in the landscape in a factual manner. Much of what is visible today in Britain's landscape is the result of a chain of social and natural processes, and can be interpreted through fieldwork as well as from old maps and documents.Michael Aston uses a wide range of source material to study the complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrating his points with aer