dc.contributor.author | Rippon, Stephen | en_GB |
dc.contributor.department | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-04-17T13:51:29Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-25T10:35:39Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-20T14:08:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | [FIRST PARAGRAPH] Wetlands dominate the landscape of Somerset, and the drainage of the Levels and Moors represents a remarkable human achievement. These wetlands are quite rightly valued for
their nature conservation interest but they are far from a 'natural' environment: the wide range of freshwater flora and fauna that the Levels and Moors support today are a direct result of a human transformation of this landscape and the flood defences and drainage systems are very special
cultural artefacts. This article is a summary of recent research into the creation of the 'historic landscape':
the pattern of fields, roads, settlements and watercourses that we use today, but which in many areas is over a thousand years old. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Rippon, S. 2006: Taming a Wetland Wilderness: Romano-British and Medieval Reclamation in the Somerset Levels and Moors. In: Hill-Cottingham, P., Briggs, D., Brunning, R., King, A. and Rix, G. (eds) 'The Somerset Wetlands: An Ever Changing Environment'. Taunton: Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society, 47-56. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10036/23673 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.sanhs.org/HomePage.htm | en_GB |
dc.subject | wetlands | en_GB |
dc.subject | Somerset Levels | en_GB |
dc.title | Taming a Wetland Wilderness: Romano-British and Medieval Reclamation in the Somerset Levels and Moors | en_GB |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2008-04-17T13:51:29Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-25T10:35:39Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-20T14:08:55Z | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0861834321 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780861834327 | en_GB |
dc.description | Reproduced with permission of the publisher. Copyright © Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society, 2006. | en_GB |