Enduring Records: The Environmental and Cultural Heritage of Wetlands

by Barbara A. Purdy

In rare instances prehistoric peoples and/or their most fragile creations are preserved when they become accidentally or intentionally entombed in environments that have remained constantly wet, dry, or frozen. The finds are particularly informative when skeletons retain flesh, internal organs, and clothes, and when they are accompanied by items of personal adornment or weaponry made of wood, cordage or bone in addition to the more common stone and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842170481
• ISBN13: 9781842170489
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 11.4"