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The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history

Title
The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history / edited by W.V. Harris.
ISBN
9789004253438 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004253432 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004254053 (e-book)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
xxi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 11, 2013
Series
Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; volume 39.
Columbia studies in the classical tradition, volume 39
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What kind of environmental history for antiquity? / W.V. Harris
Energy consumption and the energy crisis 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 thatched roofs 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 deforestation in the ancient Mediterranean, 800BC to 600CE / 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.
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