Landscape Archaeology

The Peak District is a vital place with landscapes of great beauty from wild moorlands to walled fields around picturesque villages. There are few ...

Kommos, located on the south coast of Crete, is widely known for its important sanctuary of the Greek period for its earlier role as a major Minoan...

As the massive sheets of ice receded and the Ice Age came to an end, the warming trend allowed a rehabitation of Northern Europe. Between 8000 and ...

Not unlike so many other vestiges of war that have infiltrated our cities and landscapes, WWII bunkers and fortifications appear unwilling to be ab...

A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient ''ley lines'' criss-crossing...

Operation Diver is the story of a battle: its action, people, landscapes, and remains. The battle was Anti-Aircraft Commands attempt to defeat the ...

'Richardson writes beautifully about his return to the land, about listening to the soil and about understanding the ancient world.' - The Spectato...

This book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (th...

From Maes Howe in Orkney to Stonehenge and souther England, an astonishing theme recurs in Britain''s neolitihc landscapes. ''The Silbury Revelatio...

Stonehenge is the best-known but least understood prehistoric monument in the British Isles. Other stone circles are impressive and atmospheric, bu...

A history of the development of Roman gardens from humble vegetable patches to the sophisticated formats seen at the height of the empire. Domestic...

This volume presents the results of the first national assessment of English battlefields. The primary written sources are complemented by the re...

Lancashire, situated in the north west of England, does not at first tend to conjure up an images of a sacred landscape. But look at bit deeper and...

Archaeologists define stone artifacts that are altered by or used to alter other items through abrasion, pecking, or polishing as ground stone. Thi...

This is the first book on the history of trees in Britains towns and cities and the people who have planted and cared for them. It is a highly read...

An exploration of small early folk communities prior to the eleventh century, showing their development and sophistication. All communities have a...

In this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England intended for students, researchers, and those working in commercial arc...

Multi-disciplinary investigation of Anglo-Saxon funerary traditions. Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries foll...

'A definitive classic field guide [...] Its scope is as magnificent as our countryside itself.' BBC Countryfile Magazine'This book is perfect for a...