Landskabsarkæologi

Landskabet kan byde på store oplevelser og rummer spændende historier fra vores fortid. Bogen levendegør i tekst, fotografier og tegninger oldtidens Danmark og de mennesker, der boede i landet. Det er historiefortælling for hele familien. Det er fascinerende, at vores lille og intensivt opdyrkede land kan byde på så mange spektakulære steder, fyldt med stemning af uberørthed, historie og magi. En gravhøj er ikke bare en bunke jord, men et monument bygget af tusindvis af græstørv, stablet af en udvalgt gruppe mennesker og efter en nøje tilrettelagt plan. De 72 fortællinger danner en samlet historie om perioden fra rensdyrjægerne kom til landet lige efter istidens slutning omkring år 11.000 f.v.t. og frem til vikingekongernes statsdannelse omkring år 1000.

Det danske landskab bugter sig i bakkedal, men hvorfor gør det egentlig det? Svaret findes i istiden, der har sat sit altdominerende aftryk på vores land igennem mange hundredetusinde år. I denne bog fortælles historien om, hvordan istidslandskaberne er opstået, og hvilke processer der ligger bag. Med udgangspunkt i moderne digitale landskabsanalyser, den omfangsrige litteratur og de seneste års landvindinger inden for forståelsen af landskabsdannende processer giver bogen en faglig indføring i istidens naturforhold og gletsjernes, smeltevandets og permafrostens kræfter.?Istiden i det danske landskab er den første sammenhængende og landsdækkende redegørelse siden midten af 1900-tallet for istidslandskabet, dets opståen og dets videre skæbne. Bogen er struktureret som et atlas over Danmark inddelt i 11 regioner, hvor det gennemgående tema er terrænformernes opståen og deres indre opbygning som landskaber, der ligger i lag oven på hinanden og er brudt i stykker nedisning efter nedisning. Derudover sættes der fokus på særlige emner fra de enkelte regioner, og bogen afsluttes med et nytegnet landskabskort over hele landet. 

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