IN DEFENCE OF LANDSCAPE: An Archaeology of Porton Down
Language: English
Published by Tempus, Stroud, 2006
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Peter White Books, Alton, United KingdomPeter White Books
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Porton Down in Wiltshire has been enclosed for army use since 1916. It therefore retains a rich and diverse archaeological heritage, many examples of which are described in this book. 160 pages. 16 pages of colour photographs. 85 b/w photos, maps, plans and drawings through the text. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 25 Cm x 17.5 Cm.
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- Title
- IN DEFENCE OF LANDSCAPE: An Archaeology of Porton Down
- Author
- RIDE, David
- Publisher
- Tempus, Stroud
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0752437496
- ISBN 13
- 9780752437491
- Edition
- First Edition.
In response to German gas attacks 7000 acres of chalk downland were enclosed at Porton Down in 1916 as an experimental ground and artillery range. Consequently many monuments from the Neolithic onwards have been preserved: over 100 Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows, two Neolithic flint mines, miles of banks and ditches, two Bronze Age cremation cemeteries, a Saxon cemetery an eighteenth-century folly site, the foundations of a Victorian mansion, nineteenth-century farms, as well as remains from the first military period of use. This wealth is typical of what has been ploughed out elsewhere -- a microcosm of the archaeology of southern England.
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Peter White Books
Alton, United Kingdom
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