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The Archaeology Of The Welsh Uplands
Edited by David Browne & Stephen Hughes
Published 2003.
Review of Contents
This book illustrates how important the uplands archaeology of Wales is as a resource for understanding the rich history of the country and for the future development of its society and economy.
It presents the results of Uplands Initiative surveys, chronological and thematic overviews, and outlines the pratical benefits for rural economies to be gained by the sympathetic exploitation of the archaeological resource.
Contents
- Forward
- The archaeology of the Welsh Uplands: An introduction
- Themes & Chronologies
- The Uplands during the prehistoric and Roman periods
- Upland Archaeology in the medieval and post-medieval periods
- Industrial activity
- Case Studies
- The Blaenafon uplands landscape
- Mynydd y Ffynnon: Cwmystwyth and Eisteddfa Gurig
- Moel Bronymiod
- Y Berwyn
- Mynydd Epynt: Rediscovering an abandoned farming landscape
- The economic potential of the upland heritage
- The economics of cultural landscapes
- Site preservation and management
- The Achievements and fuure of the Uplands Initiative
- An illustrated guide to common field monuments
- Uplands Bibliography
- Index
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2 comments:
What is the earliest human settlement documented?
Is there evidence that Snowdonia was ever volcanic? Thanks.
1. The earliest human activity so far known in upland Wales is dated to the Early Mesolithic soon after the end of the last ice age, perhaps as early as the mid-ninth millennium BC, at Waun-fignen-felen in the Brecon Beacons, a former lake basin which appears to have been used as a hunting venue. Humans may well have visited the uplands before the ice maximum but any evidence will not have survived glaciation.
2. The geology of Snowdonia is pretty complex and diverse and includes volcanic rocks which have produced distinctive features on some of the major land-forms. Uplift sedimentary rocks were later altered by volcanic activity to form the slates, and other rocks, visible today. For more detail on Snowdonia's geological history you'll need to consult a geologist.
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