Ancient Woodland - History, Industry and Crafts

Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient - and often complex - origins of our surroundings. From medieval times, woodlands were carefully managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, the Crown, the peasantry and local and national wood-based industries have all left their marks on today''s woodland. Ian D. Rotherham here explains the various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging, and helps the reader to seek out the clues to their woodland''s past.>

List of contents

?Introduction / What is an 'Ancient' Wood? / Woods, Parks and Forests / Worked and Working Trees / Woodland Crafts and Other Industries / Woodland Archaeology and Ecology / The Future: Re-discovering the Old Crafts / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index

About the author

Ian Rotherham

Product details

• Authors: Ian Rotherham, Ian D. Rotherham, Rotherham Ian
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2013
• EAN: 9780747811657
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1165-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 208 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / General, NATURE / Plants / Trees, Forests, rainforests, Regional Geography