Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape - Hardcover

Ochota, Mary-Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711236925 ISBN 13: 9780711236929

Publisher: Frances Lincoln, 2016

Synopsis

For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building -  and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.

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About the Author

Mary-Ann Ochota is a broadcaster and anthropologist who gained her MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge University in 2002. She's a familiar face on archaeology shows including the cult show Time Team, History Channel's Ancient Impossible, BBC specials on Silbury Hill and Stonehenge, and ITV's Britain's Secret Treasures, for which she also wrote the tie-in book in association with the British Museum.Mary-Ann writes regularly for newspapers and magazines and has presented documentaries for Animal Planet, Nat Geo, Channel 4 and BBC4. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Hillwalking Ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council, an Ordnance Survey GetOutside Champion and was elected President of CRPE in July 2024. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @MaryAnnOchota

Edition details

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711236925
• ISBN 13: 9780711236929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288