A Greek Countryside: The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day

by: Jameson, M.H. Runnels, C.N. van Andel, T.

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

Authors:Michael H. Jameson, Curtis Neil Runnels, Tjeerd H. Van Andel, Mark Henderson Munn, Argolid Exploration Project

Summary:This volume presents the results of the Argolid Exploration Project, an archaeological, historical and geological survey of a part of the Peloponnese of Greece.

Abbreviations
Chronology of the Southern Argolid
Introduction p. 1
Topography p. 13
Akte and Argolid p. 13
Geology, Climate, Vegetation p. 15
The Divisions of the Akte p. 17
The Southern Argolid p. 29
Communications in the Southern Argolid p. 48
Land Routes to the Akte p. 51
Coasts and Harbors p. 53
History p. 57
The Early Iron Age, ca. 1000-700 B.C. p. 58
The Archaic Period, ca. 700-480 B.C. p. 66
The Classical Period, 480-338 B.C. p. 73
The Hellenistic Period, 338-146 B.C. p. 85
The Roman Periods, 146 B.C.-ca. 650 A.D. p. 101
The Medieval Period, ca. 650-1500 A.D. p. 112
The Early Modern Period, 1537-1834 p. 126
The Modern Period, 1834- p. 139
Land and Sea in the Southern Argolid p. 149
Land, Climate, and Vegetation of the Southern Argolid p. 151
Late Quaternary Erosion, Alluviation, and Soil Formation p. 172
Seas and Shores of the Late Quaternary p. 194
The Archaeological Survey p. 214
The Survey in 1979-1982 p. 217
Field Methods p. 219
Settlement Patterns p. 246
Conclusion p. 258
Using the Resources of the Land and Sea p. 260
The Land p. 261
The Agriculture of the Southern Argolid p. 280
Animal Husbandry and Pastoralism p. 285
A Historical Sketch of Pastoralism in the Southern Argolid p. 298
Various Resources of the Land p. 301
The Resources of the Sea p. 309
The Maritime Interests of the Southern Argolid p. 319
Conclusions p. 322
Fifty Thousand Years of Coevolution of Landscape and Human Settlement p. 325
The Stone Age p. 326
The Bronze Age p. 348
The Historical Periods p. 372
Appendix A: A Register of Sites p. 415
Appendix B: The Population of the Southern Argolid p. 539
Estimates from the Archaeological Data p. 540
The Historical Evidence for Population p. 555
The Economic and Social Structure of the Population p. 563
Appendix C: Pseudo-Scylax on the Coast of the Akte p. 568
Appendix D: Pausanias on the Southern Argolid p. 573
Appendix E: The Ancient Town of Hermion p. 581
Appendix F: The Border Dispute Between Hermion and Epidauros p. 596
Appendix G: The Visit of Evliya Chelebi to the Southern Argolid in 1669 p. 607
Bibliography p. 613
Indexes p. 643

xviii, 654 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
 

A Greek Countryside: The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day

by: Jameson, M.H. Runnels, C.N. van Andel, T.

• ISBN-13: 9780804716086 / 978-0-8047-1608-6
• ISBN-03: 0804716080 / 0-8047-1608-0
• Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1994

Price: 345,00 EURO

1 copy in stock