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General issues in the study of medieval logistics : sources, problems and methodologies / edited by John F. Haldon.

Contributor(s): Haldon, John FMaterial type: TextTextSeries: History of warfare ; v. 36.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006. Description: xiii, 288 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. +ISBN: 9004147691 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Logistics -- Study and teaching | Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Study and teaching | Military art and science -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Study and teaching | Military art and science -- History -- To 1500 -- Study and teaching -- Middle EastGenre/Form: CD-ROMs.DDC classification: 355.4/11/0902 LOC classification: U37 | .G4 2006
Contents:
Introduction : why model logistical systems? / John Haldon -- Who's in command here? The digital basis of historical, military logistics / Vincent Gaffney -- Network analysis and logistics : applied topology / Malcolm Wagstaff -- The Tiber Valley project : archaeology, comparative survey and history / Helen Patterson -- Palaeoecology and landscape reconstruction in the eastern Mediterranean : theory and practice / Warren Eastwood -- Land use and settlement : theoretical approaches / Johannes Koder -- Predicting communication routes / Gino Bellavia -- Modelling agricultural production : a methodology for predicting land use and populations / Helen Goodchild -- Filling the gap : supporting landscape investigation / Steve Wilkes -- Superiority of numbers : methodologies for modelling the behaviour of armies / Helen Gaffney -- Modelling logistics : integrative technologies / Ron Yorston.
Review: "This volume presents a series of papers dealing with the methodological, technical and historical issues associated with the study of logistics in all its aspects, and in particular demonstrates the value of modern computer-modelling and of integrating archaeological, historical and environmental research techniques and agendas into a common project."--Jacket.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 37 - Main Room 		G1c HALDO 25279 Not for loan BOOKS*000000019424

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : why model logistical systems? / John Haldon -- Who's in command here? The digital basis of historical, military logistics / Vincent Gaffney -- Network analysis and logistics : applied topology / Malcolm Wagstaff -- The Tiber Valley project : archaeology, comparative survey and history / Helen Patterson -- Palaeoecology and landscape reconstruction in the eastern Mediterranean : theory and practice / Warren Eastwood -- Land use and settlement : theoretical approaches / Johannes Koder -- Predicting communication routes / Gino Bellavia -- Modelling agricultural production : a methodology for predicting land use and populations / Helen Goodchild -- Filling the gap : supporting landscape investigation / Steve Wilkes -- Superiority of numbers : methodologies for modelling the behaviour of armies / Helen Gaffney -- Modelling logistics : integrative technologies / Ron Yorston.

"This volume presents a series of papers dealing with the methodological, technical and historical issues associated with the study of logistics in all its aspects, and in particular demonstrates the value of modern computer-modelling and of integrating archaeological, historical and environmental research techniques and agendas into a common project."--Jacket.