Mediterranean Archaeological Landscapes : : Current Issues / / ed. by Luann Wandsnider, Effie F. Athanassopoulos.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• MitwirkendeR: Athanassopoulos, Effie F.,; Aura,,; Barton, C. Michael,; Bernabeu, Joan,; Diacopoulos, Lita,; Doonan, Owen,; Garcia, Oreto,; Given, Michael,; Gregory, Timothy E.,; Hill, J. Brett,; Kardulias, P. Nick,; Molina, Lluis,; Schmich, Steven,; Wandsnider, LuAnn,; Wilkinson, T.J.,; Yerkes, Richard W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Athanassopoulos, Effie F.,; Wandsnider, Luann,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

The Mediterranean landscape record is recognized for its length and richness and the opportunity it offers to study the interaction between humans and their landscape. This volume explores a variety of current archaeological issues in the context of specific landscapes from southern Spain through Greece and Cyprus to Jordan and from antiquity to recent times.Over the last 25 years, researchers have initiated a dramatic expansion in theoretical approaches-both anthropological and classical. Over the same time span, a huge volume of field survey projects has been carried out in the Mediterranean arena. The contributors to Mediterranean Archaeological Landscapes take stock of what has been learned, identify lacunae, and consider new approaches to our understanding of the rich surface landscape record of the Mediterranean. Their goal is to explore theoretically diverse interpretative themes and the methods that make those approachable.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology Past and Present -- 2. Less is Better: The Quality of Ceramic Evidence from Archaeological Survey and Practical Proposals for Low-Impact Survey in a Mediterranean Context -- 3. Sampling Sinop: Putting Together the Pieces of a Fragmented Archaeological Landscape -- 4. The Disjunction between Mediterranean and Near Eastern Survey: Is It Real? -- 5. Artifact, Landscape, and Temporality in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeological Landscape Studies -- 6. Historical Archaeology of Medieval Mediterranean Landscapes -- 7. Historical Contingency, Nonlinearity, and the Neolithization of the Western Mediterranean -- 8. Time, Scale, and Interpretation: 10,000 Years of Land Use on the Transjordan Plateau amid Multiple Contexts of Change -- 9. World-Systems Theory and Regional Survey: The Malloura Valley Survey on Cyprus -- 10. From Density Counts to Ideational Landscapes: Intensive Survey, Phenomenology, and the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project -- 11. The Archaeology of Modern Greece -- References -- Index