Title Human landscapes in classical antiquity : environment and culture / edited by Graham Shipley and John Salmon.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 6
	Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 6.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Ancient history and landscape histories / Graham Shipley -- Ecology and pseudo-ecology / Oliver Rackham -- Feeling the earth move / Lin Foxhall -- Uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece / Hamish Forbes -- Countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes / Jim Roy -- Ancient hunting / Robin Lane Fox -- Where was the wilderness in Roman times / Catherine Delano Smith -- Rome and the management of water / Nicholas Purcell -- First fruit? / David J. Mattingly -- Barren fields? / Neil Christie -- Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the elder / Mary Beagon -- Cosmic sympathies / Gillian Clark.
Summary	Examines whether today's environmental concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world and how their perceptions affected society.
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Subject	Greece -- Civilization.
	Greece.
	Civilization.
	Rome -- Civilization.
	Rome (Empire)
	Ecology -- Greece -- History.
	Ecology.
	History.
	Ecology -- Rome -- History.
	Human ecology -- Greece -- History.
	Human ecology.
	Human ecology -- Rome -- History.
	Landscapes -- Greece -- History.
	Landscapes.
	Landscapes -- Rome -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Shipley, Graham.
	Salmon, John, 1942-
Other Form:	Print version: Human landscapes in classical antiquity. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 0415107555 (DLC) 95035216 (OCoLC)32926118
ISBN	0203298322 (electronic book)
	9780203298329 (electronic book)
	0203426908 (electronic book)
	9780203426906 (electronic book)
	9780415107556
	0415107555

Title Human landscapes in classical antiquity : environment and culture / edited by Graham Shipley and John Salmon.

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