{"product_id":"the-archives-of-peat-bogs-paperback-9780521107129","title":"The Archives of Peat Bogs (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521107129","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Archives of Peat Bogs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir Harry Godwin has written a companion volume to his widely acclaimed Fenland: its ancient past and uncertain future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarry Godwin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521107129, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Harry Godwin has written a companion volume to his widely acclaimed Fenland: its ancient past and uncertain future. He follows the same historical approach that made Fenland so interesting. Vast rain-fed peat bogs still cover the landscape of northern and western Britain, their ecology, vegetation and flora unfamiliar to most of our population. Yet, through the millennia since last Ice Age, they have accumulated ever-deepening acidic peat, whose plant remains are a precious archive of the events of the past. Upon investigation, the reconstructed bog vegetation gave clues to former climatic history, pollen analysis provided a chronological scale dependent upon changes in upland forest composition and archaeological objects from the Mesolithic to the Roman period were recovered by peat-diggers from observed horizons in the bogs. The Archives of Peat Bogs will be of great interest to a wide readership comprising both amateur and professional biologists, geologists, geographers, archaeologists, naturalists and antiquarians.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: Quaternary research and mires\u003cbr\u003e 2. Living raised bog\u003cbr\u003e 3. Raised bog stratigraphy: first steps\u003cbr\u003e 4. Blanket bog\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plants of the bogs: Sphagnum\u003cbr\u003e 6. Plants of the bogs: sedges and such\u003cbr\u003e 7. Plants of the bogs: dwarf shrubs etc.\u003cbr\u003e 8. Recent peat of Somerset: a double inundation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Trackways in context\u003cbr\u003e 10. Geology of levels and lakes: marine transgressions and lake settlements\u003cbr\u003e 11. Old peat and Neolithic culture\u003cbr\u003e 12. Disforestation and agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 13. Pollen zones and sea-level changes absolutely dated\u003cbr\u003e 14. Climatic registration\u003cbr\u003e 15. The archive appraised\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Short glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004613873944,"sku":"9780521107129","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521107129i.jpg?v=1694976121","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-archives-of-peat-bogs-paperback-9780521107129","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}