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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462927803321

Titolo

Archaeology in environment and technology : intersections and transformations / / edited by David Frankel, Jennifer M. Webb and Susan Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-50894-7

1-134-62608-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Archeology ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankelDavid <1946->

LawrenceSusan <1966->

WebbJennifer M

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Environmental archaeology

Landscape archaeology

Human geography

Agriculture, Prehistoric

Tools, Prehistoric

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Complex Relations: Intersections in Time and Space; Part I Responses to Environments; 2 Perspectives on Global Comparative Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology: Glacial Southwest Tasmania and Southwest France; 3 Strategies for Investigating Human Responses to Changes in Landscape and Climate at Lake Mungo in the Willandra Lakes, Southeast Australia; 4 A New Ecological Framework for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions in Arid Australia

5 Integrating Hunter-Gatherer Sites, Environments, Technology and Art in Western Victoria6 Pushing the Boundaries: Imperial Responses to Environmental Constraints in Early Islamic Afghanistan; Part II Technology and the Environment; 7 A Long-Term History of Horticultural Innovation and Introduction in the Highlands of Papua



New Guinea; 8 Agricultural Economies and Pyrotechnologies in Bronze Age Jordan and Cyprus; 9 Changing Technological and Social Environments in the Second Half of the Third Millennium BC in Cyprus

10 Landscape Learning in Colonial Australia: Technologies of Water Management on the Central Highlands Goldfields of VictoriaPart III Nature and Culture; 11 Exploring Human-Plant Entanglements: The Case of Australian Dioscorea Yams; 12 People and Their Environments: Do Cultural and Natural Values Intersect in the Cultural Landscapes on the World Heritage List?; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the focus of much attention; often one or other has been seen as the starting point for analysis, but this volume argues that it is the study of the inter-relationships between these three factors that offers a way forward. The contributions to this book pick up different strands within the tangled web of intersections between environme

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Record Nr.

UNISA996206270303316

Titolo

European journal of physics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London?], : IOP Pub

ISSN

1361-6404

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes)

Soggetti

Physics

Physics - Study and teaching

Physique

Physique - Étude et enseignement

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from title screen.