Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change

"Using various archaeological, environmental, and historical data, this book argues that changes in landscapes, climate, and rural practices were instrumental to Iron Age political formations on Cyprus. It offers new insights into landscape archaeologies and contributes to current debates about society's relationships with changing environments"--

Info autore

Catherine Kearns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, University of Chicago. She conducts fieldwork on Iron Age sites in Cyprus with the KAMBE Project, for which she has received support from the Mellon Foundation, ACLS, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, and the US Fulbright program. She has published in numerous journals and recently co-edited New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology (2019).

Riassunto

Using various archaeological, environmental, and historical data, this book argues that changes in landscapes, climate, and rural practices were instrumental to Iron Age political formations on Cyprus. It offers new insights into landscape archaeologies and contributes to current debates about society's relationships with changing environments.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine (University of Chicago) Kearns, Catherine Kearns
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2022
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781316513125
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51312-5
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Social and cultural history, Cyprus, Society and culture: general, Landscape Archaeology, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, Environmental archaeology