Abstract: |
Discusses the environment in all its aspects from the Hoxnian interglacial to the medieval, industrial and modern period. Topics covered include glaciation and its effects, soils and sediments, climate, flora and fauna, deforestation, coastal changes, man/animal/vegetation interactions, and settlement patterns. Adversity is seen as the challenge which stimulates new developments, whether in the upper Palaeolithic or the 20th century. |