Peopling of Britain - The Shaping of a Human Landscape

Zusatztext If anyone is seeking a review of the current state of thinking on the human colonization of Britain...then this book is a must. Klappentext Written by acknowledged experts in different fields - archaeology, history, and geography - in accessible form, this is an account of the evolution of human settlement in Britain over the last half-million years and its impact on the landscape from the beginnings to the present day. It reviews the way in which, over the centuries, the evolving human presence in Britain has shaped the British landscape and how, in turn, the British landscape has moulded thedevelopment of British communities. Zusammenfassung This is an account of the evolution of human settlement in Britain over the last half-million years and its impact on the landscape from the beginnings to the present day. It reviews the way in which the evolving human presence in Britain has shaped the British landscape and how, in turn, the British landscape has moulded British communities.

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• Authors: Paul Slack, Paul (Principal of Linacre College Slack, Paul Ward Slack
• Assisted by: Paul Slack (Editor), Paul (Principal of Linacre College Slack (Editor), Slack Paul (Editor), Ryk Ward (Editor), Ryk (Professor of Biological Anthropology Ward (Editor), Ward Ryk (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2002
• EAN: 9780198297598
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829759-8
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: Linacre Lectures; Linacre Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Environmental Management, Social and cultural history, Social impact of environmental issues, Social and cultural anthropology, British Isles, Human Geography, Development and environmental geography