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" The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history / "
edited by W.V. Harris
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BL
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651071
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The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history /\ edited by W.V. Harris
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| Series Statement
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition,; volume 39
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xxi, 332 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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9789004253438
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: 9004253432
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9789004254053
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-325) and index
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| Contents
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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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Human ecology-- Mediterranean Region-- History
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on-- Mediterranean Region-- History
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Mediterranean Region, Environmental conditions, History
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GF541.A64 2013
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Harris, William V., (William Vernon)
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