Mediterranean Islands Fragile Communities And Persistent Landscapes

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Explores the human ecology and history of Antikythera over the full course of its approximately seven-thousand-year history of human activity.

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Genre : History
Author : Andrew Bevan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2013-05-31
File : 301 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107033450


The Archaeology Of Mediterranean Landscapes

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Reviews the palaeoenvironmental evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology across the Mediterranean, from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Roman period.

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Genre : History
Author : Kevin Walsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2014
File : 381 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780521853019


The Resilience Of The Roman Empire

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The Resilience of the Roman Empire discusses the relationship between population and regional development in the Roman world from the perspective of archaeology. By adapting a comparative approach, the focus of the volume lies on exploring the various ways in which regional communities actively responded to population growth or decline in order to keep going on the land available to them. The starting point of the theoretical framework for the case studies is the agricultural intensification models developed by Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup. In order to advance the debate on the validity of these models for identifying the societal and economic pathways of the Roman world, the contributors incorporate the concepts of resilience and diversity into their approach, and shift attention from the longue-durée to how people managed to sustain themselves over shorter periods of time. The aim of the volume is not to discard the theories of Malthus and Boserup, but rather to deconstruct overly strict Malthusian or Boserupian scenarios, and as such introduce novel and more layered ways of thinking by exploring resilience and variability in human responses to population growth/decline in the Roman world.

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Genre : History
Author : Dimitri Van Limbergen
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release : 2020
File : 156 Pages
ISBN-13 : UGA:32108061424746


Ecology Abstracts

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Coverage: 1982- current; updated: monthly. This database covers current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Major ares of subject coverage include: Algae/lichens, Animals, Annelids, Aquatic ecosystems, Arachnids, Arid zones, Birds, Brackish water, Bryophytes/pteridophytes, Coastal ecosystems, Conifers, Conservation, Control, Crustaceans, Ecosyst em studies, Fungi, Grasses, Grasslands, High altitude environments, Human ecology, Insects, Legumes, Mammals, Management, Microorganisms, Molluscs, Nematodes, Paleo-ecology, Plants, Pollution studies, Reptiles, River basins, Soil, TAiga/tundra, Terrestrial ecosystems, Vertebrates, Wetlands, Woodlands.

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Genre : Ecology
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Release : 1998
File : 738 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015050439945


Geography

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Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect the changing cultural, political, and physical landscape of our world. Increased coverage of environmental change and the risks that the planet faces with 6.2 billion people. This new eleventh edition places more emphasis on critical thinking, human geography and environmental issues.

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Genre : Science
Author : Harm J. de Blij
Publisher : Wiley
Release : 2003-11-14
File : 674 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0471152242


Wcsworld Regional Geography 11th Edition With Lecture Notes For Tarrant County College

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Genre : Science
Author : John a Hannah Professor of Geography Harm J De Blij
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Release : 2004-12-31
File : 726 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0471728136


Video Source Book

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A guide to programs currently available on video in the areas of movies/entertainment, general interest/education, sports/recreation, fine arts, health/science, business/industry, children/juvenile, how-to/instruction.

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Genre : Video recordings
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Release : 2006
File : 1424 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1414406290


Video Source Book

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A guide to programs currently available on video in the areas of movies/entertainment, general interest/education, sports/recreation, fine arts, health/science, business/industry, children/juvenile, how-to/instruction.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Gale Group
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Release : 1999-10-28
File : 462 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0787638579


Bibliography Of Agriculture

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Genre : Agriculture
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Release : 1984
File : 1240 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015023482162


Mediterranean Island Landscapes

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Mediterranean islands exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization and current anthropogenic pressures. This book addresses in three sections these characteristics and examines the major environmental changes that the islands experienced during the Quaternary period. The first section provides details on natural and cultural factors which have shaped island landscapes. It describes the environmental and cultural changes of the Holocene and their effects on biota, as well as on the current human pressures that are now threats to the sustainability of the island communities. The second section focuses on the landscapes of the largest islands namely Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Cyprus, Crete, Malta and the Balearics. Each island chapter includes a special topic reflecting a particular characteristic of the island. Part three presents strategies for action towards sustainability in Mediterranean islands and concludes with a comparison between the largest islands. Despite several published books on Mediterranean ecosystems/landscapes there is no existing book dealing with Mediterranean islands in a collective manner. Students, researchers and university lecturers in environmental science, geography, biology and ecology will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text while planners and politicians will welcome the succinct summaries as background material to planning decisions.

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Genre : Science
Author : Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release : 2008-02-26
File : 397 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781402050640