The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history / edited by W.V. Harris.
| Other author | Harris, William V. (William Vernon) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. |
| Description | xxi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Columbia 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-325) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013021551 |
| ISBN | 9789004253438 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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