Garden Archaeology by Christopher Currie

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Garden Archaeology by Christopher Currie

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Before the 1980s, people wishing to recreate or reconstruct a historic garden, 'back to its former glory,' relied almost solely on documentary sources, paintings and literary references.

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Garden Archaeology by Christopher Currie

Before the 1980s, people wishing to recreate or reconstruct a historic garden, 'back to its former glory,' relied almost solely on documentary sources, paintings and literary references. For the last twenty years it has been recognised that these are not terribly reliable sources and people have turned to archaeological evidence to provide a more accurate picture of what went on beneath the soil. This handbook relates the historical background to the sub-discipline of Garden Archaeology before discussing the excavation techniques used to recover and record evidence of past garden designs and plants. Survey techniques, historical buildings analysis, geophysics, air photography and environmental sampling are some of the main procedures carried out, all of which are described here. This reappraisal of current practice and techniques is well written and clearly presented and includes a series of case studies of formal, informal, water, town and unusual gardens from across the UK.
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ISBN 13 9781902771489
ISBN 10 1902771486
Title Garden Archaeology
Author Christopher Currie
Series Practical Handbooks In Archaeology
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Council for British Archaeology
Year published 2005-08-04
Number of pages 178
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