The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Harris, William V.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxi, 332 pages : illustrations. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Columbia studies in the classical tradition,
volume 39 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
