The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes : Human-Environment Interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman Period
Kevin. Walsh
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : Cambridge University Press , 2014
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (382 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Mediterraneanism; Frameworks for the Assessment of Human-Environment Engagements; Environmental Knowledge and Cultural ­Ecologies; 2 From Geology to Biology; Fundamental Geological and Biological Characteristics; Basic Climatic and Biogeographical Characteristics; Tectonics and the Creation and Destruction of ­Niches; Hellenistic and Roman Catastrophes; Tectonic Legacies; 3 Sea-Level Change and Coastal Settlement - Human Engagements with Littoral Environments. - Alluvial Landscapes and Farming in Anatolia and GreeceAspects of Alluvial Archaeology in Italy; Late Proto-Historic and Classical Alluvial and Hydrological Landscapes; Urban Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Glanum, Rome, and Gordion; Glanum; Rome; Gordion; Environmental Knowledge in Dynamic Alluvial and Wetland Zones; Human Engagements with Mediterranean Wetlands; Hydromythology; The Pontine Marshes: Roman 'Relationships' with a Wetland; Wetlands and Disease; Discussion: Responses to Hydrological Variability; 5 Environmental Change; Approaches and Research Questions; The Phytological Context. - Discussion: The Human Scale of Interaction with Past Environmental Processes. - IntroductionCharacterising the Mediterranean; Maritime Processes; Coastal Processes; Examples of Mediterranean Coastal Change; Higher-Energy Events; Pre- and Proto-Historic Coastal Exploitation; Coastal Exploitation: The Development of Ports and Harbours (Bronze Age Onwards); Early Ports and Harbours; Classical Coasts and Harbours; Controlling Permeability; 4 Rivers and Wetlands; Studying Mediterranean Rivers and Wetlands: Research Questions and Approaches; Characteristics of Mediterranean Rivers; Springs and Karst; Wetlands; Alluvial Geoarchaeology: People and Climate. - Late Neolithic-Bronze Age Landscapes in SpainSite Catchments in Proto-Historic Spain; 6 Working and Managing Mediterranean Environments; Lifeways in Mediterranean Environments; Clearance, Terracing, and the Creation of the Sustainable Mediterranean Landscape; The Role of Fire; Agricultural and Productive Vegetation; Woodland and Landscape Management (Dehesa and Other Systems); Environmental Change and Social Geoarchaeology; The Sainte Victoire: Changing Patterns of Interaction with Environment; The Roman Watermill at Barbegal. - The Fall from EdenLandscape Change Around the Mediterranean; Anthropogenic and Climatic Impact: Views from Around the Mediterranean; Southern Mediterranean; The Near East; The Evidence for Soil Erosion; Anatolia and Greece; Some Anatolian Trends; Variability Across Greek Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Classical Landscapes; The Development of the Anthropic-Climatic Regime; People and Environment in Italian Landscapes; People and Environment in Southern French Landscapes; People and Environment in Spanish Landscapes; Variations in Vegetation Change Across Spain. - Reviews the palaeoenvironmental evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology across the Mediterranean, from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Roman period.
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| ISBN | 9780521853019
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