Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture

by: Shipley, G. Salmon, J.

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Book Description

Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity shows how today's environmental and ecological concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world, and how their perceptions affected society. The effects of human settlement and cultivation on the landscape are considered, as well as the representation of landscape in Attic drama. Various aspects of farming, such as the use of terraces and the significance of olive growing are examined. The uncultivated landscape was also important: hunting was a key social ritual for Greek and hellenistic elites, and 'wild' places were not wastelands but played an essential economic role. The Romans' attempts to control their environment are analyzed.
This volume shows how Greeks and Romans worked hand in hand with their natural environment and not against it. It represents an outstanding collaboration between the disciplines of history and archaeology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1|15 pages
Ancient history and landscape histories
ByGRAHAM SHIPLEY
Abstract
Chapter 2|28 pages
Ecology and pseudo-ecology: the example of ancient Greece
ByOLIVER RACKHAM
Abstract
Chapter 3|24 pages
Feeling the earth move: cultivation techniques on steep slopes in classical antiquity
ByLIN FOXHALL
Abstract
Chapter 4|30 pages
The uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece: a pointer to the value of the wilderness in antiquity?
ByHAMISH FORBES
Abstract
Chapter 5|21 pages
The countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes
ByJIM ROY
Abstract
Chapter 6|35 pages
Ancient hunting: from Homer to Polybios
ByROBIN LANE FOX
Abstract
Chapter 7|26 pages
Where was the ?wilderness? in Roman times?
ByCATHERINE DELANO SMITH
Abstract
Chapter 8|33 pages
Rome and the management of water: environment, culture and power
ByNICHOLAS PURCELL
Abstract
Chapter 9|41 pages
First fruit? The olive in the Roman world
ByDAVID J. MATTINGLY
Abstract
Chapter 10|30 pages
Barren fields? Landscapes and settlements in late Roman and post-Roman Italy
ByNEIL CHRISTIE
Abstract
Chapter 11|26 pages
Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the Elder
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Chapter 12|20 pages
Cosmic sympathies: nature as the expression of divine purpose
ByGILLIAN CLARK
Abstract

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reviews
'The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a collection of such uniform interest and excellence.' – Classics Ireland

'I found this book stimulating and thought-provoking.' – JACT Review

'This book places individuals back in environmental contexts which have become increasingly dehumanised.' – Oxbow Book News

'One of the strengths of this excellent collection of papers is the range of disciplines represented by the contributors. ' – Landscape History

'Human Landscapes has shown how human use of and intervention in the natural environment has major social and even cultural implications for the world of classical antiquity.' – The Classical Review

'Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity is a marvellous book, demonstrating how there are crucial areas of the ancient experience that still await systematic exploration.' – Mark Humphries, National University of Ireland

Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture

by: Shipley, G. Salmon, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780415692472 / 978-0-415-69247-2
• ISBN-03: 0415692474 / 0-415-69247-4
• Routledge, London, 1996

Price: 42,70 EURO

1 copy in stock