Archaeologist and artist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history in different landscapes around the British Isles. In ‘Moor’ she explores environmental change on Exmoor’s peatlands. Here, ecologists and archaeologists must work together to restore the upland bogs. Understanding past environments provides insight into scales of change, and archaeology can be a valuable part of creating sustainable landscapes in the face of climate change.

Rose uses the lens of archaeology to reveal our impact on the world. In EarthWorks she helps us see ourselves within previous patterns of change. Archaeology, we hear, is about imagination, with layers of time revealing people and their stories folded into the earth. At a time of considerable uncertainty about our future, could understanding our past interactions with the environment help us respond and adapt to whatever comes next?

Image: 'Dark Peak' by Rose Ferraby
Produced by Mark Smalley
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