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Cultural landscapes and environmental change / Lesley Head.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Head, Lesley.
- Series:
- Key issues in environmental change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Human ecology.
- Environmental archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 179 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as ones transformed by human action. Advances in palaeocological reconstruction techniques have increased our powers to discern the earliest human impacts. This stimulating new book attempts to bridge the gap between the sciences and the humanities by reviewing the most important methodological and conceptual tools that help environmental scientists understand cultural landscapes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0340731133
- 0340731141
- OCLC:
- 44563053
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