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Among many other topics it examines the interaction of ecology and human action in shaping the landscape; issues of movement across the landscape in various periods; changing forms of food over time; an understanding of spatial scale; and questions of enclosing and naming the landscape, culminating in a discussion of the links between landscape and identity. The result is the first comprehensive account of the English landscape over a crucial 2500-year period. It also offers a celebration of many centuries of archaeological work, especially the intensive large-scale investigations that have taken place since the 1960s and transformed our understanding of England's past.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53489800020241,"sku":"NIN9780198870623","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780198870623.jpg?v=1777728685"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-chris-gosden.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}