Fields of Britannia - Continuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Landscape

Zusatztext contributes solid support for the growing swell of research which suggests that most changes to the early medieval landscape represented evolution and innovation from a consistently Romano- British base. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Rippon is Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Exeter.Chris Smart is an Associate Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Exeter.Ben Pears is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Exeter. Klappentext The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use through to the present day, shaping the character of our modern countryside. Zusammenfassung The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use through to the present day, shaping the character of our modern countryside. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables List of Appendices List of Abbreviations 1: Fields of Britannia: A Roman Legacy in the British Countryside 2: A Regional Approach to Studying Landscape 3: A Landscape Approach to the Roman-medieval Transition 4: The South East 5: East Anglia 6: The Central Zone 7: The South West 8: The Western Lowlands 9: The North East Lowlands 10: The Northern Uplands 11: Upland and Lowland Wales 12: Discussion and Conclusions Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Ben Pears, Ben (Honorary Research Associate Pears, Pears Ben, Stephen Rippon, Stephen (Professor of Landscape Archaeolog Rippon, Stephen (Professor of Landscape Archaeology Rippon, Stephen Smart Rippon, Rippon Stephen, Chris Smart, Chris (Associate Research Fellow Smart, Smart Chris
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2015
• EAN: 9780199645824
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964582-4
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ancient Rome, Landscape Archaeology