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A Mediterranean valley : landscape archaeology and annales history in the Biferno Valley / Graeme Barker ; with major contributions by Richard Hodges ... [et al.] ; & specialist contributions by Gill Clark ... [et al.].

By: Barker, GraemeContributor(s): Hodges, Richard | Clark, Gillian | Clark, Gillian, 1946- | Clark, GillMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1995. Description: xix, 351 p. : ill., maps, plans, charts ; 26 cmISBN: 071851906XSubject(s): Land settlement -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley -- History | Landscape archaeology -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley | Biferno River Valley (Italy) -- Antiquities | Biferno River Valley (Italy) -- History | Archaeology | ItalyGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 937/.7 LOC classification: DG975.B542 | B37 1995
Contents:
Note on the Biferno Valley Survey -- 1. Approaches to Mediterranean landscape history -- 2. The Biferno valley: the modern landscape -- 3. The Biferno Valley Survey: methodologies -- 4. The natural landscape and its evolution -- 5. Early prehistoric settlement -- 6. The first agricultural communities -- 7. The settlement expansion of the 2nd millennium bc -- 8. Iron age chiefdoms (c.1000-500 BC) -- 9. Pentri, Frentani and the beginnings of urbanization (c.500-80 BC) -- 10. Roman towns and territories (c.80 BC-AD 600) -- 11. The evolution of hilltop villages (AD 600-1500) -- 12. Feudalism and the 'Southern Question' (AD 1500 to the present) -- 13. Retrospect: the evolution of a Mediterranean landscape.
Review: "From the lakeside encampment of Stone Age scavengers three-quarters of a million years ago to the problems facing modern-day farmers, A Mediterranean Valley documents the long-term settlement history of the Biferno Valley in central-southern Italy, analysing the symbiotic relationship of its landscape and its inhabitants." "Integrating the techniques of archaeology, history and geography, this volume traces the history of human settlement in the Valley and shows how it is inextricably linked to the parallel story of landscape development. Unique in its geographical and historical time-scale, the Biferno Valley project is widely cited within the archaeological community and is considered the best example to date of the importance of human settlement in shaping the Mediterranean landscape."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliography (p. [316]-343) and index.

Note on the Biferno Valley Survey -- 1. Approaches to Mediterranean landscape history -- 2. The Biferno valley: the modern landscape -- 3. The Biferno Valley Survey: methodologies -- 4. The natural landscape and its evolution -- 5. Early prehistoric settlement -- 6. The first agricultural communities -- 7. The settlement expansion of the 2nd millennium bc -- 8. Iron age chiefdoms (c.1000-500 BC) -- 9. Pentri, Frentani and the beginnings of urbanization (c.500-80 BC) -- 10. Roman towns and territories (c.80 BC-AD 600) -- 11. The evolution of hilltop villages (AD 600-1500) -- 12. Feudalism and the 'Southern Question' (AD 1500 to the present) -- 13. Retrospect: the evolution of a Mediterranean landscape.

"From the lakeside encampment of Stone Age scavengers three-quarters of a million years ago to the problems facing modern-day farmers, A Mediterranean Valley documents the long-term settlement history of the Biferno Valley in central-southern Italy, analysing the symbiotic relationship of its landscape and its inhabitants." "Integrating the techniques of archaeology, history and geography, this volume traces the history of human settlement in the Valley and shows how it is inextricably linked to the parallel story of landscape development. Unique in its geographical and historical time-scale, the Biferno Valley project is widely cited within the archaeological community and is considered the best example to date of the importance of human settlement in shaping the Mediterranean landscape."--Jacket.