Landscape Archeology : Egypt and the Mediterranean World [Collection: BiEtud 169]

Yann Tristant, M. Ghilardi (eds.)

ISBN 10: 2724707087 / ISBN 13: 9782724707083

Published by Cairo : Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire - IFAO, 2018

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296 pages. This book deals with the archeology of ancient landscapes in the Egyptian and Mediterranean regions. Geoarchaeological methodologies have emerged as a major component in any archaeological approaches to better understanding both the dynamics of the establishment of ancient environments and the variety of settlement patterns adopted by human societies. Thirteen contributions are grouped into four parts entitled Geoarchaeology and reconstitution of the ancient landscape ; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ; Historical Geography ; and Geoarchaeology Case Studies . The examples highlighted in this book address the following themes: rural site formation; water management strategies; paleo-environment reconstruction; land occupation; and settlement location. The authors give an overview of the complex relationships between landscape dynamics and the logics of human occupation through the results of recent studies carried out in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Greece and Portugal.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landscape Archeology : Egypt and the Mediterranean World [Collection: BiEtud 169]
• Publisher: Cairo : Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire - IFAO
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2724707087
• ISBN 13: 9782724707083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle East
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

This book deals with the archeology of ancient landscapes in the Egyptian and Mediterranean regions. Geoarchaeological methodologies have emerged as a major component in any archaeological approaches to better understanding both the dynamics of the establishment of ancient environments and the variety of settlement patterns adopted by human societies. Thirteen contributions are grouped into four parts entitled “Geoarchaeology and reconstitution of the ancient landscape”; “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”; “Historical Geography”; and “Geoarchaeology Case Studies”. The examples highlighted in this book address the following themes: rural site formation; water management strategies; paleo-environment reconstruction; land occupation; and settlement location. The authors give an overview of the complex relationships between landscape dynamics and the logics of human occupation through the results of recent studies carried out in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Greece and Portu

About the Author

Yann Tristant est maitre de conferences a la Macquarie University (Sydney, Australie). Archeologue et protohistorien, il s'interesse a la periode pre- et protodynastique en Egypte et aux relations entre l'homme et son environnement dans le cadre nilotique. Chef de chantier pour l'Ifao a Abou Rawach et dans le Ouadi Araba, ses recherches se portent aussi sur la geoarcheologie du Delta du Nil et de la region de Dendara en Haute-Egypte. Matthieu Ghilardi est charge de recherche au CNRS (CNRS, CEREGE, UM34 & UMR 7330, Aix-en-Provence). Geographe et geomorphologue, il etudie plus particulierement les iles de la Mediterranee (Corse, Chypre, Eubee, Crete, Baleares, Thasos et Sardaigne). Ses recherches portent egalement sur la geoarcheologie des grands fleuves du pourtour mediterraneen, et notamment le Nil dans le secteur de Karnak- Coptos.