'A land history of men': The intersection of geomorphology, culture and heritage in Cornwall, southwest England

Applied Geography

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-194

  Knight, Jasper ^a   Harrison, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipatory history; Archaeology; Climate change; Heritage; Landscape; Palimpsest

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRON AGE; LANDSCAPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WEATHERING;

BODMIN MOOR; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

DAPHNE;

EID: 84880738575     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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