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- catalog abstract "Scotland, with its many off-shore islands and varied topography, has been a particularly fruitful area for the study of environmental change since the end of the last ice age approximately 10 000 years ago. Moreover, its rich and varied archaeological record, often characterized by locations that offer excellent preservation, also provides plentiful evidence for the establishment of human communities and their impacts on landscape, flora and fauna. In this pioneering and challenging study, seventeen experts drawn from a range of disciplines seek to integrate environmental and archaeological evidence, to consider how the changing physical geography and the sequence of cultural impacts have shaped the distinctive succession of landscapes in this fascinating and complex country. From the downwasting of ice and the first appearance of hunter-gatherers to the Viking incursions at the end of the dark ages, the consequences of this vital interaction over more than nine thousand years are described, illustrated and interpreted using examples drawn from across the environmental history and archaeological record of Scotland. The results of recent field research are incorporated, broader hypotheses are considered, and outstanding problems summarized in an engrossing and well-argued text.".
- catalog contributor b7830440.
- catalog contributor b7830441.
- catalog coverage "Scotland Antiquities.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Environment and People in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times: Preliminary Considerations / Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B.M. Ralston -- 2. Climate Change / Graeme Whittington and Kevin J. Edwards -- 3. Geomorphology and Landscape Change / Colin K. Ballantyne and Alastair G. Dawson -- 4. Soils and Their Evolution / Donald A. Davidson and Stephen P. Carter -- 5. Vegetation Change / Kevin J. Edwards and Graeme Whittington -- 6. Faunal Change. The Vertebrate Fauna / Finbar McCormick and Paul C. Buckland. Land Snails / Stephen P. Carter. Insects / Paul C. Buckland and Jon P. Sadler -- 7. The Mesolithic / Bill Finlayson and Kevin J. Edwards -- 8. The Neolithic / Gordon J. Barclay.".
- catalog description "In this pioneering and challenging study, seventeen experts drawn from a range of disciplines seek to integrate environmental and archaeological evidence, to consider how the changing physical geography and the sequence of cultural impacts have shaped the distinctive succession of landscapes in this fascinating and complex country. From the downwasting of ice and the first appearance of hunter-gatherers to the Viking incursions at the end of the dark ages, the consequences of this vital interaction over more than nine thousand years are described, illustrated and interpreted using examples drawn from across the environmental history and archaeological record of Scotland.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-309) and index.".
- catalog description "Scotland, with its many off-shore islands and varied topography, has been a particularly fruitful area for the study of environmental change since the end of the last ice age approximately 10 000 years ago. Moreover, its rich and varied archaeological record, often characterized by locations that offer excellent preservation, also provides plentiful evidence for the establishment of human communities and their impacts on landscape, flora and fauna.".
- catalog description "The results of recent field research are incorporated, broader hypotheses are considered, and outstanding problems summarized in an engrossing and well-argued text.".
- catalog extent "xv, 321 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Scotland.".
- catalog identifier "047194873X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Scotland.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chichester ; New York : John Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Scotland.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland.".
- catalog subject "936/.11 20".
- catalog subject "Antiquities, Prehistoric Scotland.".
- catalog subject "Environmental archaeology Scotland.".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Scotland.".
- catalog subject "GN805 .S35 1997".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Scotland.".
- catalog subject "Prehistoric peoples Scotland.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Environment and People in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times: Preliminary Considerations / Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B.M. Ralston -- 2. Climate Change / Graeme Whittington and Kevin J. Edwards -- 3. Geomorphology and Landscape Change / Colin K. Ballantyne and Alastair G. Dawson -- 4. Soils and Their Evolution / Donald A. Davidson and Stephen P. Carter -- 5. Vegetation Change / Kevin J. Edwards and Graeme Whittington -- 6. Faunal Change. The Vertebrate Fauna / Finbar McCormick and Paul C. Buckland. Land Snails / Stephen P. Carter. Insects / Paul C. Buckland and Jon P. Sadler -- 7. The Mesolithic / Bill Finlayson and Kevin J. Edwards -- 8. The Neolithic / Gordon J. Barclay.".
- catalog title "Scotland : environment and archaeology, 8000 BC-AD 1000 / edited by Kevin J. Edwards and Ian B.M. Ralston.".
- catalog type "text".