Research Catalog

Title

The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history / edited by W.V. Harris.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Harris, William V. (William Vernon)

Description

332 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 and scholars who are interested in the interaction of their several disciplines as well as in specific problems such as the effects of climate change and other environmental factors on historical developments and events, the sources of the energy and fuel used in ancient civilizations, and the effects of humans on the lands around the Mediterranean. The collection balances broad Mediterranean-wide studies and tightly focused studies of particular regions in Italy and Jordan"--Back cover.

Series Statement

Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; volume 39

Uniform Title

Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 39.

Alternative Title

History and environment in the ancient Mediterranean.

Subject

• Human ecology > Mediterranean Region > History
• Nature > History. > Mediterranean Region
• Human ecology > Mediterranean Region > History > Congresses
• Nature > History > Mediterranean Region > Congresses
• Mediterranean Region > History

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• "For the most part this book consists of papers that were given in earlier forms at a conference entitled 'History and environment in the ancient Mediterranean', held in Rome on June 15th and 16th, 2011"--Page xx.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-325) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 farming, 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 Manning -- Defining and detecting Mediterranean deforestation, 800 BCE to 700 CE / W.V. Harris -- Problems of relating environmental history and 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, Paolo 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.

ISBN

• 9789004253438 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004253432 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9789004254053 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013021551

OCLC

• 847985877
• SCSB-10505595

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library