Reinvestigating an Iconic British Hill Figure (The National Trust Excavations 2020)
Edited by Michael J. Allen
Price: £24.95
ISBN: 9781914427374
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-09-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Windgather Press
376 Pages
Recent fieldwork provided new, unexpected Anglo-Saxon, dates for the Cerne Giant which are discussed in the wider context of British hill figures and early medieval iconography.
Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region
Edited by Mark Maltby
by Mark Brisbane
Price: £65.00
ISBN: 9781842172773
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2020-02-25
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
392 Pages
This is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade.
The trees that line our streets represent ‘living history’ in the midst of our modern streetscapes. This is the first book on the history of Britain’s street trees and it gives a highly readable account of their story, from the tree-lined promenades of the seventeenth century to majestic city centre boulevards to the suburbs.
The remains of snails in ancient soils and sediments are one of the most important biological indicators of past landscapes, and have attracted study for well over a century. In spite of this, the only English-language textbook was published in 1972 and is long since out of print.
An extensively illustrated history of the ancient yew that brings together for the first time all the evidence about the dating, history, archaeology and cultural connections of this culturally significant tree.
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