ISBN:
9780203426906
,
9781134841653
,
9781134841608
,
9781134841646
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages)
Series Statement:
Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society Volume 6
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.20938
Keywords:
Ecology Greece History
;
Ecology History
;
Human ecology History
;
Human ecology History
;
Landscapes History
;
Landscapes History
;
Greece Civilization
;
Rome Civilization
Abstract:
1. Ancient history and landscape histories / Graham Shipley -- 2. Ecology and pseudo-ecology : the example of ancient Greece / Oliver Rackham -- 3. Feeling the earth move : cultivation techniques on steep slopes in classical antiquity / Lin Foxhall -- 4. The uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece : a pointer to the value of the wilderness in antiquity? / Hamish Forbes -- 5. The countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes / Jim Roy -- 6. Ancient hunting : from Homer to Polybios / Robin Lane Fox -- 7. Where was the 'wilderness' in Roman times? / Catherine Delano Smith -- 8. Rome and the management of water : environment, culture and power / Nicholas Purcell -- 9. First fruit? The olive in the Roman world / David J. Mattingly -- 10. Barren fields? Landscapes and settlements in late Roman and post-Roman Italy / Neil Christie -- 11. Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the Elder / Mary Beagon -- 12. Cosmic sympathies : nature as the expression of divine purpose / Gillian Clark.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
DOI:
10.4324/9780203426906
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