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Hedgerow History: Ecology, History and Landscape Character
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Product Description
Oxbow says: for many years hedges have been the most common field boundary in rural Britain, providing a stock-proof barrier, a field boundary and a haven for wildlife. Despite this, they are rarely studied in any detail in landscape archaeology. The authors of "Hedgerow History" rightly argue that hedges, as an essential feature of the landscape, their origins and development, are as worthy of study as any other part of the landscape. Their book focuses on the species content and diversity of hedges, how these came about and how they changed over time. The introduction provides the background to hedges in Britain, the development of field boundaries, changes in fields and farming, especially the impact of enclosure, hedgerow management, and methods of dating hedges. In an attempt to evaluate the pioneering work of Hooper and Pollard in the 1960s and 1970s, and gain insights into the diversity of hedges and the possible human and animal reasons for it, Barnes and Williamson carried out a detailed survey of hedgerows in Norfolk. Finding 61 shrub species among the Norfolk hedgerows, they attempt to tie this data in with evidence on geology, soils, climate, woodland, enclosure, farming practices and historical factors, as an indicator of the processes of continuity and change that have taken place in the wider landscape.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #138922 in Books
- Published on: 2006-02-03
- Released on: 2006-01-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 180 pages
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About the Author
Dr Gerry Barnes is Environment Manager, Operations, Norfolk County Council. Dr Tom Williamson is Lecturer in Landscape History at the University of East Anglia.
Customer Reviews
Misnomer
This book is more like a PHD investigating hedge dating than a hedgerow history. I'd only recommend buying it if you really want to go into a lot of detail or happy to follow something that's not very readable. It would help if you lived in Norfolk and then some of the extraneous info might interest you a little.
