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Brown, Field, and McOmish (all with English Heritage) present a collection of papers from a conference on various aspects of recent research on the Marlborough Downs, held in April 2002 at the U. of Bath in Swindon, England, along with several other commissioned contributions from individuals who have undertaken research in the area during the past decade. A sampling of topics: change, consolidation and perception in a chalk landscape; the investigation of sites using geophysical methods; prehistoric environmental changes; Bronze Age land allotment; monastic settlement and land use; and medieval and later sheep farming. No subject index. Illustrated with b&w photographs, diagrams, maps, and charts. Distributed in the U.S. by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
