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The countryside is a gigantic puzzle which contains within it the keys to its own history. This book takes the reader through the process of landscape detection, by way of a journey through a fascinating landscape in the Yorkshire Dalc; The countryside is a gigantic puzzle which contains within it the keys to its own history. This book takes the reader through the process of landscape detection, by way of a journey through a fascinating landscape in the Yorkshire Dales. Richard Muir shoes how exploring landscape history can be compared to investigating a crime. The detective analyses different kinds of evidence to contruct what happened, when and why. Along the way he or she has to interpret all sorts of complex material. Gradually, as the evidence accumulates, the past comestProduct Identifiers
PublisherWindgather Press
ISBN-100953863026
ISBN-139780953863020
eBay Product ID (ePID)108035190
Product Key Features
Book TitleLandscape Detective : Discovering a Countryside
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicEarth Sciences / Geography, Ecology, Europe / Great Britain / General
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science, History
AuthorRichard Muir
Dimensions
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.5 in
Height246mm
Additional Product Features
Place of PublicationMacclesfield
Spine10mm
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom
Author BiographyDr. Richard Muir is one of Britain's leading landscape historians. he is the author of The New Reading the Landscape (2000) and many other books. He edits the journal Landscapes, which is also published by Windgather Pre
Content Note17 Col Pls, 67b/W Illus