1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002043659707536

Autore

Lise, Wietze

Titolo

Impact of climate on tourist demand / Wietze Lise and Richard S. J. Tol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei, 2001

Descrizione fisica

29 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Note di lavoro della Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei ; 48.2001

Altri autori (Persone)

Tol, Richard S. J.

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Clima

Turismo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789967503321

Autore

Jones Richard <1969->

Titolo

Manure matters [[electronic resource] ] : historical, archaeological and ethnographic perspectives / / edited by Richard Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham Surrey ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2012

ISBN

1-317-10111-1

1-315-59374-2

1-317-10110-3

1-280-57079-2

9786613600394

1-4094-4556-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesRichard <1969->

Disciplina

630.9

Soggetti

Agriculture, Prehistoric

Manures - History

Archaeology

Ethnoarchaeology

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric



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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; 1 Why Manure Matters; 2 Science and Practice: The Ecology of Manure in Historical Retrospect; 3 Middening and Manuring in Neolithic Europe; 4 (Re)cycles of Life in Late Bronze Age Southern Britain; 5 Organic Geochemical Signatures of Ancient Manure Use; 7 Manure and Middens in English Place-Names; 8 The Formation of Anthropogenic Soils Across Three Marginal Landscapes; 9 Zibl and Zira'a: Coming to Terms with Manure in Arab Agriculture; 10 Understanding Medieval Manure

11 Lost Souls: Ethnographic Observations on Manuring Practices in a Mediterranean Community12 Manure, Soil and the Vedic Literature; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In pre-industrial societies in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were more important than the maintenance of soil fertility. Manure really mattered, as without access to biodegradable wastes from production processes or to synthetic agrochemicals, early farmers continuously developed strategies aimed at adding nutritional value to their fields using locally available natural materials. In this book, international scholars working on social, cultural, and economic issues relating to past manure and manuring, use textual, linguistic, archaeological, sci