The Making of the Cretan Landscape

Rackham, Oliver

ISBN 10: 071903647X / ISBN 13: 9780719036477

Published by see below, 1997

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1997 Manchester University Press out of print paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Cretan Landscape
• Publisher: see below
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071903647X
• ISBN 13: 9780719036477
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

This is the first book to help the visitor understand Crete's remarkable landscape, which is just as spectacular as the island's rich archaeological heritage. Crete is a wonderful and dramatic island, a miniature continent with precipitous mountains, a hundred gorges, unique plants, extinct animals and lost civilisations, as well as the characteristic agricultural landscape of olive groves, vines and goats, Jennifer Moody and Oliver Rackham explain how the island's peculiar and extraordinary features, moulded and modified by centuries of human activity, have come together to create the landscape we see today. They also explain the formation and ecology of Crete's beautiful mountains and coastline, and the contemporary threats to the island's fragile natural beauty.

Review

'...remarkably comprehensive in its scope, covering the history, geology, natural history, agriculture and many peripheral topics in detail. You should read it from start to finish (several times).' --BBC Wildlife Magazine

'This is an excellent and very readable book.' --The Anglo-Hellenic Review