The Archives Of The Peat Bogs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Acceptable , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark work in Quaternary science and paleoecology, The Archives of the Peat Bogs presents Sir Harry Godwin's authoritative synthesis of what peat bogs reveal about the environmental and climatic history of the British Isles and beyond. Drawing on decades of meticulous fieldwork and pollen analysis, Godwin illustrates how the layered stratigraphy of peat deposits serves as a remarkably precise natural archive, recording thousands of years of vegetational change, human activity, and shifting landscapes. Written with scholarly rigor yet accessible clarity, the text details the methods of radiocarbon dating and pollen zonation that transformed bog studies into a rigorous scientific discipline. Godwin argues compellingly that these seemingly unremarkable wetlands hold irreplaceable evidence for understanding post-glacial ecology, prehistoric land use, and the long-term dynamics of plant communities. A foundational text for botanists, ecologists, archaeologists, and earth scientists alike, it remains an essential reference for anyone serious about the deep environmental history encoded in Britain's peatlands.
Author: Sir Harry Godwin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Cambridge University Press
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A landmark work in Quaternary science and paleoecology, The Archives of the Peat Bogs presents Sir Harry Godwin's authoritative synthesis of what peat bogs reveal about the environmental and climatic history of the British Isles and beyond. Drawing on decades of meticulous fieldwork and pollen analysis, Godwin illustrates how the layered stratigraphy of peat deposits serves as a remarkably precise natural archive, recording thousands of years of vegetational change, human activity, and shifting landscapes. Written with scholarly rigor yet accessible clarity, the text details the methods of radiocarbon dating and pollen zonation that transformed bog studies into a rigorous scientific discipline. Godwin argues compellingly that these seemingly unremarkable wetlands hold irreplaceable evidence for understanding post-glacial ecology, prehistoric land use, and the long-term dynamics of plant communities. A foundational text for botanists, ecologists, archaeologists, and earth scientists alike, it remains an essential reference for anyone serious about the deep environmental history encoded in Britain's peatlands.