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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Woodland management"”.
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Forged in Fire: An anthracological investigation of woodland management and fuel selection for Iron Age metalworking at Culduthel, Invernesshire, UK
… and manufacture. Yet, the question of which woodland resources and fuel procurement strategies sustained such a vast operation has remained unanswered.<br/>This thesis presents the results of the anthracological investigation conducted on primary and secondary fuel waste remains from …
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Interactions between human industry and woodland ecology in the South Pennines
… the wooded landscape of the South Pennines. The woodlands of this upland region are characterised by their small size and steep topography. Nevertheless, they exhibit a rich archaeology of management from the medieval period onwards. Field survey of case study sites was combined with charcoal …
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Dendrochronology and the study of crannogs.
… identified as problematic features. Evidence for woodland management practices in the crannog assemblages was evaluated. A model for woodland management was formulated, on the basis of two samples of modern coppiced material. This distinguishes between adventitious and formal coppice. Application …
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The history of coppicing in south east England in the modern period with special reference to the chestnut industry of Kent and Sussex
This thesis focuses on coppice woodland management in South East England, the region with the greatest concentration of woodland in the UK, with Kent the county with the highest proportion of ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. The woodland management practice of coppicing has declined, …
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The influence of soil fertility and light intensity on field layer development in urban secondary woodlands
… on field layer development in urban secondary woodlands with an introduced ground flora, with the aim of contributing towards ground flora enhancement methodology and sympathetic secondary woodland management. The investigation was based on a series of complementary field and greenhouse …
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The Use of Coal for Ferrous Metallurgy in Roman Britain
… given literary and archaeological evidence for woodland management and the challenges of using pollen data as a tool for landscape reconstruction across an entire region, especially because of the possible palynological invisibility of managed woodlands. Economic motives promoting the adoption …
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Pioneering new approaches to woodland ecology and human activity in medieval Ireland (c.500-1550AD): an investigation using archaeological charcoal
… explore wood resource use, its impact on local woodland and the factors that influenced wood selection strategies during the medieval period in Ireland using the archaeological charcoal record. It examined the functional and cultural factors that influenced wood selection and wood use during a …
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The history, ecology, and reintroduction of the chequered skipper butterfly Carterocephalus palaemon in England
… of butterfly reintroductions, and the impact of woodland management on other taxa at Fineshade Wood was assessed.<br/><br/>A novel, non-invasive photographic-mark-recapture (PMR) population sampling technique was developed using the unique wing markings of C. palaemon to detect the movements and …