Landscape archaeology books

This illustrated book contains new information and interpretations about Stonehenge itself and parts of its landscape...  Read More >>

"The Old English place-name element *funta derives from Late Latin fontana, ""spring"", and is found today in 21...  Read More >>

In this collection, prominent archaeologists explore the sophisticated political and logistical organisations that...  Read More >>

This is a revised version of the 2003 edition of this guidance document. It takes into account developments in technology...  Read More >>

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This report has been prepared in response to a request from the Wordsworth Trust for a detailed understanding of...  Read More >>

First comprehensive study on the history of trees in Britain’s towns and cities and the people who have planted...  Read More >>

The Chalcolithic wedge tombs of Ireland represent a dramatic re-emergence of megalithism over a millennium after...  Read More >>

The Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site is universally important for its unique and dense concentration of...  Read More >>

Water is vital for life, and its availability has been a concern for mankind throughout the ages. Its presence has...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe provides the first comprehensive, geographically extensive, thematic overview...  Read More >>

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This book seeks to address the journeying context of pilgrimage within the landscapes of Medieval Britain. Using...  Read More >>

This first volume in our major new series American Landscapes examines the cultural, economic, constructional and...  Read More >>

The Archaeology of Bronze Age Iberia offers a much-needed, comprehensive overview of Argaric Bronze Age societies,...  Read More >>

This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe - from the first use of the metal eight thousand years...  Read More >>

From Maes Howe in Orkney to Stonehenge and souther England, an astonishing theme recurs in Britain's neolitihc landscapes....  Read More >>

Parks were prominent and controversial features of the medieval countryside, but they have been unevenly studied...  Read More >>

New approaches to both cultural landscapes and historic urban landscapes increasingly recognize the need to guide...  Read More >>

This edited volume reflects on the multitude of ways by which humans shape and are shaped by the natural world,...  Read More >>

This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers,...  Read More >>

This study evaluates the methodologies used to prepare the national Rural Settlement Atlas, published by Roberts...  Read More >>

Tells the story of hill farming on Exmoor through newly revealed archaeological evidence, illustrated with examples...  Read More >>

With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to...  Read More >>

A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient...  Read More >>