The Archaeology Of Mediterranean Landscapes: Human-environment Interaction From The Neolithic To The Roman Period
by Kevin Walsh /
2013 / English / PDF
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This volume presents a comprehensive review of palaeoenvironmental
evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology from
across the Mediterranean. A fundamental aim of this book is to
bridge the intellectual and methodological gaps between those with
a background in archaeology and ancient history, and those who work
in the palaeoenvironmental sciences. The aim of this volume is
twofold: first, to provide archaeologists and landscape historians
with a comprehensive overview of recent palaeoenvironmental
research across the Mediterranean, and second, to consider ways in
which this type of research can be integrated with what might be
considered "mainstream" or "cultural" archaeology. This volume
takes a thematic approach, assessing the ways in which
environmental evidence is employed in different landscape types,
from coastal zones via rivers and wetlands to islands and
mountainous areas. This volume also presents analyses of how people
have interacted with soils and vegetation, and revisits the key
questions of human culpability in the creation of so-called
degraded landscapes in the Mediterranean. It covers chronological
periods from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Roman period.
This volume presents a comprehensive review of palaeoenvironmental
evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology from
across the Mediterranean. A fundamental aim of this book is to
bridge the intellectual and methodological gaps between those with
a background in archaeology and ancient history, and those who work
in the palaeoenvironmental sciences. The aim of this volume is
twofold: first, to provide archaeologists and landscape historians
with a comprehensive overview of recent palaeoenvironmental
research across the Mediterranean, and second, to consider ways in
which this type of research can be integrated with what might be
considered "mainstream" or "cultural" archaeology. This volume
takes a thematic approach, assessing the ways in which
environmental evidence is employed in different landscape types,
from coastal zones via rivers and wetlands to islands and
mountainous areas. This volume also presents analyses of how people
have interacted with soils and vegetation, and revisits the key
questions of human culpability in the creation of so-called
degraded landscapes in the Mediterranean. It covers chronological
periods from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Roman period.
