About the thesis, basically my PhD research challenges the myth of pristine #wilderness by revealing how England's "natural" #landscapes have been consistently shaped by human activity for 8,000 years. Using archaeological, environmental, and historical evidence, I demonstrate that effective #conservation must abandon fantasies of returning to imagined pristine states and instead work with our contemporary ecological realities. #holocene #archaeology

About the thesis, basically my PhD research challenges the myth of pristine #wilderness by revealing how England's "natural" #landscapes have been consistently shaped by human activity for 8,000 years. Using archaeological, environmental, and historical evidence, I demonstrate that effective #conservation must abandon fantasies of returning to imagined pristine states and instead work with our contemporary ecological realities. #holocene #archaeology