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Landscape and Land Use in First Millennium BC Southeast Italy: Planting the Seeds of Change (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies)
Daphne Lentjes
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Hardcover. This book combines archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data with information from excavations, field surveys, and ancient written texts to place the relationship between people and landscapes in a broad geographical and chronological framework. Series: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies. Num Pages: 306 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; HBJD; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1362.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of landscape and land use in southeast Italy in the first millennium BCE. Using the most up-to-date techniques, it combines archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data with information from excavations, field surveys, and ancient written texts to place the relationship between people and landscapes in a broad geographical and chronological framework. It also confronts questions of food habits, the scale and organisation of agricultural production, the influx of Greek and Roman colonists, and the effects of globalisation on local and regional land use.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of landscape and land use in southeast Italy in the first millennium BCE. Using the most up-to-date techniques, it combines archaeobotanical and archaeozoological data with information from excavations, field surveys, and ancient written texts to place the relationship between people and landscapes in a broad geographical and chronological framework. It also confronts questions of food habits, the scale and organisation of agricultural production, the influx of Greek and Roman colonists, and the effects of globalisation on local and regional land use.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Condition
New
Series
Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089647948
SKU
V9789089647948
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Ref
99-27
About Daphne Lentjes
Daphne Lentjes studied Mediterranean archaeology at VU University Amsterdam and the Università del Salento in Lecce, Italy. She has over 15 years of experience working as a botanical specialist on excavations in Italy and Greece and has published widely on the use of archaeological plant remains to reconstruct landscapes and farming practices. as a botanical specialist on excavations in Italy ... Read more
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