Snails

Snails
By:Paul Davies
Published on 2008-09-15 by

The remains of snails in ancient soils and sediments are one of the most important biological indicators of past landscapes, and have attracted study for well over a century. In spite of this, the only English-language textbook was published in 1972 and is long since out of print. Snails provides a comprehensive, up to date reference text on the use of snails as indicators of past environments in Quaternary landscape studies and archaeology. It considers the use of terrestrial and freshwater sub-fossil snail remains as indicators of Late Quaternary (c. last 15,000 years) environmental change and as indicators of past environments and human impacts on the landscape. The volume also demonstrates how an understanding of modern snail ecology can be used to enhance our interpretation of landscape archaeology, and provides a detailed contextual approach to the main types of deposits in which snail remains are found. Davies also puts forward an agenda for future research on the use of snails in archaeological and environmental reconstruction.

This Book was ranked at 8 by Google Books for keyword a field guide to freshwater life in britain and north west europe.

Book ID of Snails's Books is zVEiDgAAQBAJ, Book which was written byPaul Davieshave ETAG "Ghyn8oZXz/A"

Book which was published by since 2008-09-15 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781782975946 and ISBN 10 Code is 1782975942

Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true

Book which have "208 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science

This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at ""

This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE

Book was written in en

eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is true

Book Preview