| Snails: Archaeology and Landscape Change Contributor(s): Davies, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785705148 ISBN-13: 9781785705144 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Nature | Fossils |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.85 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The remains of snails in ancient soils and sediments are one of the most important biological indicators of past landscapes, and have attracted study for well over a century. In spite of this, the only English-language textbook was published in 1972 and is long since out of print. Snails provides a comprehensive, up to date reference text on the use of snails as indicators of past environments in Quaternary landscape studies and archaeology. It considers the use of terrestrial and freshwater sub-fossil snail remains as indicators of Late Quaternary (c. last 15,000 years) environmental change and as indicators of past environments and human impacts on the landscape. The volume also demonstrates how an understanding of modern snail ecology can be used to enhance our interpretation of landscape archaeology, and provides a detailed contextual approach to the main types of deposits in which snail remains are found. Davies also puts forward an agenda for future research on the use of snails in archaeological and environmental reconstruction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davies, Paul: - Paul Davies has been making wargaming terrain for many years and his expertise in this field is widely recognized thanks to his regular series of 'how-to' articles for _Wargames Illustrated._ He lives and works in Minehead, Somerset. |