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Lädt ... The Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths (2020. Auflage)von Francis Pryor (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A mix of the autobiography of an archaeologist and archaeology/history. Good discussion of water as a liminal place, creating a natural mirror in prehistoric times, but also a place which could be deadly, a place of meeting between life and death. This is another book mixing autobiography, archaeology and history, including the history of archaeology; similar to Time’s Anvil. About the first half of the book discusses the prehistory of the Fens through the archaeological digs that Pryor and others carried out around Peterborough, including Fengate and Flag Fen. Having visited Flag Fen myself on a gloriously sunny summer’s day, I found this half of the book the most focused and interesting read. The second half of the book is more episodic and discursive, linking particular sites which interest Pryor and also illustrate the historical development of the Fens. However having focused very much on “the common people” in the first half, the second half of the book is more about the great and the good, for example, recollections and descriptions of Ely Cathedral and Tattershall Castle mixed with personal reminiscing. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way'TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it'GUARDIAN. Inland from the Wash, on England's eastern cost, crisscrossed by substantial rivers and punctuated by soaring church spires, are the low-lying, marshy and mysterious Fens. Formed by marine and freshwater flooding, and historically wealthy owing to the fertility of their soils, the Fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire are one of the most distinctive, neglected and extraordinary regions of England. Francis Pryor has the most intimate of connections with this landscape. For some forty years he has dug its soils as a working archaeologist - making ground-breaking discoveries about the nature of prehistoric settlement in the area - and raising sheep in the flower-growing country between Spalding and Wisbech. In The Fens, he counterpoints the history of the Fenland landscape and its transformation - from Bronze age field systems to Iron Age hillforts; from the rise of prosperous towns such as King's Lynn, Ely and Cambridge to the ambitious drainage projects that created the Old and New Bedford Rivers - with the story of his own discovery of it as an archaeologist. Affectionate, richly informative and deftly executed, The Fensweaves together strands of archaeology, history and personal experience into a satisfying narrative portrait of a complex and threatened landscape. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Basically, it's a book on the Fens - from prehistory to modern day. Obviously, he dwells more on the prehistory, but he discusses the changing landscape and relates it to the local population.
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