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Record Nr.

UNINA9910659241103321

Titolo

Sagalassos VI : geo- and bio-archaeology at Sagalassos and in its territory / / edited by P. Degryse & M. Waelkens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, : Leuven University Press, c2008

ISBN

94-6166-047-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Sagalassos

Altri autori (Persone)

DegrysePatrick

WaelkensMarc

Disciplina

956.2

Soggetti

Archaeological geology - Turkey - Sagalassos (Extinct city)

Sagalassos (Extinct city)

Turkey Antiquities

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.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The geological setting -- pt. 2. The geomorphological setting -- pt. 3. The climatic setting -- pt. 4. Exploitation of local resources and the import of subsistence goods.

Sommario/riassunto

Since 1990, the ancient city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey has been the focus of an interdisciplinary archaeological research project coordinated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The papers collected in this volume reveal how the meticulous systematic and interdisciplinary reconstruction of the ecology and economy of the site and its territory has enhanced our understanding of the ancient settlement and its inhabitants beyond the traditional aspects of classical archaeology in Asia Minor. Highlighting geo-archaeological, archaeometrical, and bio-archaeological work performed withi