Environmental Reconstruction in Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology

by Leveau, Philippe; Trement, Frederic; Walsh, Kevin; Barker, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9781900188630
• ISBN10: 1900188635
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

Contents include: Introduction (K Walsh); Palynology (S Bottema); A database for the palynological recording of human activity (V Andrieu, E Brugiapaglia, R Cheddadi, M Reille and J-L de Beaulieu); The contribution of anthracology (J-L Vernet); Dendroclimatology (F Guibal); Techniques in Landscape Archaeology (A G Brown); L'apport de la micromorphologie des sols (N Fedoroff); Reconstructing past soil environments (R S Shiel); The Geochemistry of Soil Sediments (D D Gilbertson and J P Grattam); Searching the Ports of Troy (E Zanagger, M Timpson, S Yazvenko and H Leiermann); The pontine region in central Italy (P Attema, J Delvigne and B J Haagsma); Population pressure on agricultural resources in Karstic landscapes (P Novacovic, H Simoni and B Music); La Pianura padana centrale tra il Bronzo Medio ed il Bronzo finale (M Cremaschi); The ancient ports of Marseille and Fos, Provence, southern France (C Vella, C Morhange and M Provansal); The evolution of field systems in the middle Rhone valley (J-F Berger and C Jung); La linea de Costa en epoca historica en el Golfo de Valencia (P Carmona); The Vallee des Baux, Southern France (P Leveau); The etang de Berre, southern France (F Trement); Geoarchaeology in mediterranean landscape archaeology (G Barker and J Bintliff).

Table of Contents

List of figures	xvii
List of tables	xix
Addresses of contributors	xxi
Mediterranean landscape archaeology and environmental reconstruction	1	(8)
K. Walsh
Landscape archaeology and reconstruction of the Mediterranean environment based on palynology	9	(8)
S. Bottema
A computerized data base for the palynological recording of human activity in the Mediterranean basin	17	(8)
V. Andrieu
E. Brugiapaglia
R. Cheddadi
P. Pouel
M. Reille
J.-L. de Beaulieu
M. Barbero
Reconstructing vegetation and landscapes in the Mediterranean: the contribution of anthracology	25	(12)
J.-L. Vernet
Some examples of climatic reconstruction in the Mediterranean using dendroclimatology	37	(8)
F. Guibal
Geomorphological techniques in Mediterranean landscape archaeology	45	(10)
A.G. Brown
L'apport de la micromorphologie des sols a la reconstitution des paleopaysages (Application au bassin mediterraneen pour la periode 3000 av. J.C. - 1800 ap. J.C.)	55	(12)
N. Fedoroff
Reconstructing past soil environments in the Mediterranean region	67	(14)
R.S. Shiel
Energy dispersive X-ray micro-analysis and the geochemistry of soil sediments	81	(8)
J.P. Grattan
D.D. Gilbertson
Searching for the ports of Troy	89	(16)
E. Zangger
M. Timpson
S. Yazvenko
H. Leiermann
Case studies from the Pontine region in central Italy on settlement and environmental change in the first millennium BC	105	(18)
P. Attema
J. Delvigne
B.J. Haagsma
Karst dolinas: evidence of population pressure and exploitation of agricultural resources in karstic landscapes	123	(12)
P. Novakovic
H. Simoni
B. Music
Archeologia ambientale padana: un caso di studio - la pianura padana centrale tra il Bronzo medio ed il Bronzo finale (XVI-XIII sec. a. C)	135	(10)
M. Cremaschi
Human impact and natural characteristics of the ancient ports of Marseille and Fos, Provence, southern France	145	(10)
C. Morhange
C. Vella
M. Provansal
A. Hesnard
J. Laborel
Developing a methodological approach to the evolution of field systems in the middle Rhone valley	155	(14)
J.-F. Berger
C. Jung
Progradacion fluvial y cambios en la linea de costa en epoca historica en el Golfo de Valencia (Espana)	169	(12)
P. Carmona
The integration of historical, archaeological and paleoenvironmental data at the regional scale: the Vallee des Baux, southern France	181	(12)
P. Leveau
The integration of historical, archaeological and paleoenvironmental data at the regional scale: the Etang de Berre, southern France	193	(14)
F. Trement
Geoarchaeology in Mediterranean landscape archaeology: concluding comments	207
G. Barker
J. Bintliff