The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history /

The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history /

Scientists, historians and archaeologists are at last beginning to collaborate seriously on studies of the long-term history of the environment. The fruit of an international conference held in Rome in 2011, The Ancient Mediterranean Environment between Science and History brings together scientists...

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Other Authors: Harris, William V.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 39.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248663.

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Human ecology > Mediterranean Region > History > Congresses.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > History > Mediterranean Region > Congresses.
Mediterranean Region > Environmental conditions > History > Congresses.

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Call Number: GF541 .A53 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • W.V. Harris
  • What Kind of Environmental History for Antiquity? /
  • W.V. Harris
  • Energy Consumption in the Roman World /
  • Paolo Malanima
  • Fuelling Ancient Mediterranean Cities: A Framework for Charcoal Research /
  • Robyn Veal
  • What Climate Science, Ausonius, Nile Floods, Rye, and Thatch Tell Us about the Environmental History of the Roman Empire /
  • Michael McCormick
  • Megadroughts, ENSO, and the Invasion of Late-Roman Europe by the Huns and Avars /
  • Edward R. Cook
  • The Roman World and Climate: Context, Relevance of Climate Change, and Some Issues /
  • Sturt W. Manning
  • Defining and Detecting Mediterranean Deforestation, 800BCE to 700CE /
  • W.V. Harris
  • Problems of Relating Environmental History to Human Settlement in the Classical and Late Classical Periods-The Example of Southern Jordan /
  • Paula Kouki
  • Human-Environment Interactions in the Southern Tyrrhenian Coastal Area: Hypotheses from Neapolis and Elea-Velia /
  • Elda Russo Ermolli , Paola Romano and Maria Rosaria Ruello
  • Large-Scale Water Management Projects in Roman Central-Southern Italy /
  • Duncan Keenan-Jones
  • The Mediterranean Environment in Ancient History: Perspectives and Prospects /
  • Andrew Wilson
  • Bibliography /
  • W.V. Harris
  • Index /
  • W.V. Harris.