A Greek countryside : the southern Argolid from prehistory to the present day /

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Author / Creator:Jameson, Michael H.
Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1994.
Description:p. cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1600185
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Other authors / contributors:Runnels, Curtis Neil, 1950-
Van Andel, Tjeerd H. (Tjeerd Hendrik), 1923-
Munn, Mark Henderson
ISBN:0804716080 (cloth) : $65.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of the Southern Argolid
  • 1. Topography. 1.1. Akte and Argolid. 1.2. Geology, Climate, Vegetation. 1.3. The Divisions of the Akte. 1.4. The Southern Argolid. 1.5. Communications in the Southern Argolid. 1.6. Land Routes to the Akte. 1.7. Coasts and Harbors
  • 2. History. 2.1. The Early Iron Age, ca. 1000-700 B.C. 2.2. The Archaic Period, ca. 700-480 B.C. 2.3. The Classical Period, 480-338 B.C. 2.4. The Hellenistic Period, 338-146 B.C. 2.5. The Roman Periods, 146 B.C.-ca. 650 A.D. 2.6. The Medieval Period, ca. 650-1500 A.D. 2.7. The Early Modern Period, 1537-1834. 2.8. The Modern Period, 1834-
  • 3. Land and Sea in the Southern Argolid. 3.1. Land, Climate, and Vegetation of the Southern Argolid. 3.2. Late Quaternary Erosion, Alluviation, and Soil Formation. 3.3. Seas and Shores of the Late Quaternary
  • 4. The Archaeological Survey. 4.1. The Survey in 1979-1982. 4.2. Field Methods. 4.3. Settlement Patterns. 4.4. Conclusion
  • 5. Using the Resources of the Land and Sea. 5.1. The Land. 5.2. The Agriculture of the Southern Argolid. 5.3. Animal Husbandry and Pastoralism. 5.4. A Historical Sketch of Pastoralism in the Southern Argolid. 5.5. Various Resources of the Land. 5.6. The Resources of the Sea. 5.7. The Maritime Interests of the Southern Argolid. 5.8. Conclusions
  • 6. Fifty Thousand Years of Coevolution of Landscape and Human Settlement. 6.1. The Stone Age. 6.2. The Bronze Age. 6.3. The Historical Periods. Appendix A: A Register of Sites
  • Appendix B: The Population of the Southern Argolid. B.1. Estimates from the Archaeological Data. B.2. The Historical Evidence for Population. B.3. The Economic and Social Structure of the Population. Appendix C: Pseudo-Scylax on the Coast of the Akte
  • Appendix D: Pausanias on the Southern Argolid
  • Appendix E: The Ancient Town of Hermion
  • Appendix F: The Border Dispute Between Hermion and Epidauros
  • Appendix G: The Visit of Evliya Chelebi to the Southern Argolid in 1669.