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Archaeologist Jim Leary reanimates the past with this riveting ?archaeology of movement?

All too often we think of the past as static, ?frozen in time,? and indeed movement is not always easy to decipher from the archaeological record. With Jim Leary''s expert eye we explore the tangible remains, from fossilized footprint tracks to prehistoric wooden trackways, ridgeways, holloways, driveways, green ways, corpse roads, and Roman roads. Isotope studies and archaeogenetics now allow us to see the arduous journeys that people made across continents and oceans, proving that migration has been continuous throughout our past, an endless ebb and flow of populations.

This new story of our past shows that history was warm and full of life, but also at times cold, dark and miserable ? but it was never motionless. Footmarks will make you look at the landscape around you with fresh eyes.

Archaeologist Jim Leary reanimates the past with this riveting ?archaeology of movement?

All too often we think of the past as static, ?frozen in time,? and indeed movement is not always easy to decipher from the archaeological record. With Jim Leary''s expert eye we explore the tangible remains, from fossilized footprint tracks to prehistoric wooden trackways, ridgeways, holloways, driveways, green ways, corpse roads, and Roman roads. Isotope studies and archaeogenetics now allow us to see the arduous journeys that people made across continents and oceans, proving that migration has been continuous throughout our past, an endless ebb and flow of populations.

This new story of our past shows that history was warm and full of life, but also at times cold, dark and miserable ? but it was never motionless. Footmarks will make you look at the landscape around you with fresh eyes.

Über den Autor
Dr Jim Leary is an archaeologist at the University of York and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He has directed major excavations across Britain, including Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, the largest Neolithic monument in Europe. A passionate walker, much of his research is centred on the way people moved around in the past.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781837730247
ISBN-10: 1837730245
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Leary, Jim
Hersteller: Icon Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 371 x 271 x 2 mm
Von/Mit: Jim Leary
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,437 kg
Artikel-ID: 125624235

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