Environmental Reconstruction in Mediterranean Landscape ArchaeologyPhilippe Leveau Nineteen essays present wide-ranging approaches to environmental reconstruction across Mediterranean Europe with case studies from southern and central France, central Italy, Spain, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey. It is Volume Two in the Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes series, which published five volumes as part of the POPULUS Project which aimed to establish a series of research goals and standards in Mediterranean landscape archaeology, so as to advance the study of ancient demography of the region on a broad comparative front. |
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Landscape archaeology and reconstruction of the Mediterranean environment based on palynology | 9 |
the contribution of anthracology | 25 |
Geomorphological techniques in Mediterranean landscape archaeology | 45 |
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Environmental Reconstruction in Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology Philippe Leveau,Kevin Walsh,Frederic Trement No preview available - 2016 |
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agricultural Agro Pontino Alfisols alluvial Alpilles analysis anthracology anthropic anthropogenic archaeological archéologiques Barbegal basin Bintliff Bottema Bronze Age century charcoal chronologies clay climatic coastal colluvial colluvium core Cremaschi cultivation dating deposits ditch dolinas drainage ecological environment environmental reconstruction Étang example excavations exploitation field fluvial forest France Geoarchaeology geomorphological holm oak Holocene human activity human impact indicate Iron Age Karst Kesik Korfmann Lacydon lake land landscape archaeology layer Leveau limestone Marseille Marsillargues medieval Mediterranean landscape archaeology modern natural Neolithic palynology paysages pedological phases plain pollen diagram port Poviglio prehistoric problems Provansal Provence Quaternary Quercus radiocarbon regional Rhône Saint-Blaise samples sedimentary sediments sequence Serre-Bachet settlement Sezze sherds slopes soil erosion sols spatial species surface survey techniques tephra terramara tree-rings Trément Troy types Vallée des Baux valley vegetation volcanic Yeniköy Zangger zone