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020 _a9781139519748 (ebook)
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_bB48 2013
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100 1 _aBevan, Andrew,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities and Persistent Landscapes :
_bAntikythera in Long-Term Perspective / [electronic resource]
_cAndrew Bevan, James Conolly.
246 3 _aMediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities & Persistent Landscapes
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (327 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aMediterranean landscape ecology, island cultures and long-term human history have all emerged as major research agendas over the past half-century, engaging large swathes of the social and natural sciences. This book brings these traditions together in considering Antikythera, a tiny island perched on the edge of the Aegean and Ionian seas, over the full course of its human history. Small islands are particularly interesting because their human, plant and animal populations often experience abrupt demographic changes, including periods of near-complete abandonment and recolonization, and Antikythera proves to be one of the best-documented examples of these shifts over time. Small islands also play eccentric but revealing roles in wider social, economic and political networks, serving as places for refugees, hunters, modern eco-tourists, political exiles, hermits and pirates. Antikythera is a rare case of an island that has been investigated in its entirety from several systematic fieldwork and disciplinary perspectives, not least of which is an intensive archaeological survey. The authors use the resulting evidence to offer a unique vantage on settlement and land use histories.
700 1 _aConolly, James,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107033450
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519748
_zCambridge Books Online
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