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

Other author Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Descriptionxxi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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SeriesColumbia studies in the classical tradition, 0166-1302 ; volume 39
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-325) and index.
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LCCN 2013021551
ISBN9789004253438 (hardback : alk. paper)

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