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The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes : Human-Environment Interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman Period.
Reviews the palaeoenvironmental evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology across the Mediterranean, from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Roman period.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.