Peter Fowler Livres

Set in West Overton, Wiltshire, around 1800, the narrative centers on Lettice Sweetapple, symbolizing the countless individuals influenced by and who influenced the landscape over millennia. Peter Fowler and his team explore the area's evolution through extensive research, including fieldwork, aerial photography, and excavation. Their findings challenge the notion of an "unchanging English countryside," revealing a complex history shaped by human interaction and environmental changes over 39 years of investigation.

This book presents the results of study in the two Wiltshire parishes of Fyfield and Overton Down. The project used a diverse range of research methods, from archaeological excavation and experimental archaeology through the study of environmental and documentary evidence to the non-invasive techniques of geophysics and air photography, to try to elucidate how and when the landscape came by its present appearance. The author draws three illuminating conclusions from this investigation. First, very little, if any, of this landscape is now `natural'; it has been created by the agricultural activities of successive communities over the last 6,000 years. Second, the nature of this `artefact' has been, and continues to be, influenced by the geology, hydrology, soils and climate of the area. Finally, the principal land-use features of the present landscape were established at particular times over the last four millennia, and that what has come to be seen as a quintessentially `English' landscape was in fact set some fifteen hundred years ago.

Exploring British farming during the first millennium AD, this book delves into agricultural practices, land use, and the impact of societal changes on farming methods. It highlights the evolution of crop cultivation and livestock management, as well as the influence of climate and technology on agricultural development. The synthesis offers insights into the economic and social structures of the time, providing a comprehensive understanding of how farming shaped early British society.

This book encompasses the fascinating 40 year journey in life of someone who just wasn't your average practicing GP, but someone whose passion and drive were to use his skills and medical ability to bring quality of life to every patient that crossed his path. He thrives on challenges in every situation and circumstance. Wherever there was a medical need, however big or small, he would jump to take it on! Whatever the complex medical condition was, in whatever culture or country he was operating in, whether in a war zone, an aircraft carrier, an Aboriginal township in Australia, or a community GP practice in Essex, he thrived and wanted to make a difference! Many of the episodes in this book have been the catalyst of the diverse and interesting career, which have kept many a dinner party enthralled, amused, admired and envied. Every memoir depicts the enthusiasm and need of the author to achieve the overall ambition ... 'to bring a quality of life' to all humans that needed his medical help in the best possible way... and to give the reassurance and empathy to make them 'feel they matter' and 'quality of life is essential and priceless' whatever the circumstance prevails!