The Barton Fossil Diggings

Name: The Barton Fossil Diggings
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In the 1840s a bed of 'coprolites', thought by some to be fossilised dinosaur droppings, was discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens. By the 1860s it was being dug up across much of the county. This book investigates the social, economic and archaeological impact of the fossil diggings in Barton, a small rural village west of Cambridge.

Détails

Date de publication: Sep 4, 2011
Langue: English
ISBN: 9781447844969
Catégorie: Histoire
Copyright: Tous droits réservés - Licence de copyright standard
Contributeurs: Par (auteur): Bernard O'Connor

Caractéristiques

Pages: 74
Type de reliure: Livre à couverture souple Livre à couverture souple
Couleur de l’intérieur: Noir & Blanc
Dimensions: A5 (5,83 x 8,27 po / 148 x 210 mm)

Mots-clés

coprolite fossils palaeontology geology dinosaur droppings manure fertiliser industrial revolution Cambridge University Cambridge College Packard Colchester Fison Lawes accidents Barton

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À propos de Bernard O'Connor

Bernard O'Connor has taught Geography, History, Religious Education, Citizenship and English in Britain, Australia, Taiwan and China. Now living in the Shropshire Hills, UK, he has researched many aspects of local history. His first publications were on the social, economic, archaeological and environmental impact of the 19th and 20th century coprolite industry in the UK, France, Spain and the United States. This was open-cast mining of phosphatic nodules, thought by some at the time to be fossilised dinosaur droppings. He has also researched and published work on RAF Tempsford, described as Churchill's Most Secret Airfield during WW2. From here the RAF's Special Duties Squadrons (and for a time the US Carpetbaggers) sent in over 600 secret agents and supplied the many resistance groups in occupied Europe. He has published numerous accounts of the women agents, sabotage training and sabotage operations (including blackmail sabotage) in Norway, Denmark, Holland (the Netherlands), Belgium, France, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar He has written accounts of German-trained agents infiltrated into Britain; Soviet Comintern agents brought to Britain and infiltrated by SOE into Western Europe; Spanish Republicans trained for missions in Spain, and surrendered or captured anti-fascist Soviet, Austrian and German soldiers who were trained for SOE sabotage and subversion missions. He is an accomplished speaker and Zoom presenter.

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