Overview
This volume details the results of archaeological and palaeoecological survey carried out in Cumbria between 1991 and 1997 as part of the North West Wetlands Survey. Divided geographically, the sections focus on southern Cumbria, the western coastal plain and north plains, discussing the background, aims and methodology of the project. The results of the survey highlight the long sequences of pollen and plant macrofossils that are preserved in Cumbria, some dating back to the Holocene. Having identified important areas, the authors focus on current threats to these areas, why these areas are in danger and possible management strategies for the future.
Full Product Details
Author: D. HODGKINSON ,
Elizabeth Huckerby ,
Robert Middleton ,
C. Wells
Publisher: University of Lancaster
Imprint: University of Lancaster
Volume: 6
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 1.492kg
ISBN: 9781862200821
ISBN 10: 1862200823
Pages: 362
Publication Date: 01 March 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is a well produced and clearly written volume that will provide a comprehensive first port of call for any future research in the area.'--Benjamin R Gearey -Antiquity, 76, 2002 -
This is a well produced and clearly written volume that will provide a comprehensive first port of call for any future research in the area.'--Benjamin R Gearey Antiquity (01/01/0001)
Cumbria is rather unusual in terms of areas covered by the four English Heritage-funded Wetland Surveys, in that large parts of the lowland wetland resource remain wet, albeit often extensively modified by human activity. Archaeological survey work is therefore hampered by surviving peat deposits blanketing large parts of former landscapes. Land use is predominantly pastoral rather than arable; therefore the relative lack of ploughed land suitable for fieldwalking also limits archaeological survey. One of the strengths of this volume is the way in which these limitations are directly addressed, and a clear explanation given of how research strategies and methods are modified from area to area, and from those reported in previous volumes.' 'Overall, this volume is a worthy addition to the output of the Wetland Surveys. It achieves an unusually high degree of synthesis between archaeological and palaeoecological evidence, and works within the strengths and limitations of its data to produce useful summaries of the current state of knowledge for another part of Englands wetland resource. It is a useful supplement to the extensive work on human impacts in upland Cumbria, and highlights the rich potential of the coastal lowlands for the wetland archaeologist or palaeoecologist, despite the extant body of work.'--M Jane Bunting The Holocene, 12, 2002
