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Modelling archaeology and palaeoenvironments in wetlands Henry P. Chapman

Modelling archaeology and palaeoenvironments in wetlands By Henry P. Chapman

Modelling archaeology and palaeoenvironments in wetlands by Henry P. Chapman


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The measurement and analysis of space is central to archaeological study, such as through the recording of site plans and sections and the interpretation of spatial relationships between artefacts and features.

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Modelling archaeology and palaeoenvironments in wetlands: The hidden landscape archaeology of Hatfield and Thorne Moors, eastern England by Henry P. Chapman

The measurement and analysis of space is central to archaeological study, such as through the recording of site plans and sections and the interpretation of spatial relationships between artefacts and features. Modelling Hidden Landscapes details a different approach to the study of past patterns of environmental change within the broader framework of landscape archaeology. It utilizes a range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and GIS modelling to investigate spatial and temporal patterns of Holocene landscape change for two raised mires in south Yorkshire: Hatfield and Thorne Moors. Whilst concerned with specific aspects of landscape evolution, such as peat growth and spread, the volume aims to illustrate the synergy which is generated through integrating spatial models with chronological modelling and stratigraphic, cartographic, topographical, environmental and archaeological information in order to better understand past landscapes, human activity and the archaeological record. Building on a rich legacy of previous palaeoenvironmental research on these moors, the data generated by this combined methodology has practical applications for current management concerns, including in situ preservation, heritage and policy.

About Henry P. Chapman

Henry Chapman is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a landscape archaeologist with expertise across a wide range of dryland and wetland landscapes. Benjamin R. Gearey is Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, Ireland. He has worked on palaeoenvironmental and archaeological approaches to wetland and especially peatland environments for over 20 years.

Table of Contents

1. Landscape archaeology, space, chronology, palaeoenvironments and peatlands
2. Raised mires and the Humber Peatlands
3. Building from the bottom up: aims and approaches
4. Laying the foundations: modelling pre-peat landscapes
5. Modelling, dating and contextualising palaeoenvironmental records
6. Patterns of change: modelling mires in four dimensions
7. Archaeological investigations of a late Neolithic site on Hatfield Moors
8. The 'hidden landscape archaeology' of Hatfield and Thorne Moors
9. Conclusions: themes in the archaeo-environmental study of peatlands

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NPB9781782971740
9781782971740
1782971742
Modelling archaeology and palaeoenvironments in wetlands: The hidden landscape archaeology of Hatfield and Thorne Moors, eastern England by Henry P. Chapman
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Hardback
Oxbow Books
2013-12-19
216
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