Landscape and People of the Franchthi Region: Fascicle 2, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece - Brossura

Van Andel, Tjeerd H.; Vitaliano, Charles J.

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ISBN 10: 0253319757 ISBN 13: 9780253319753

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 1988

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With the long-awaited publication of these three volumes we have the first thorough documentation of one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean, that of Franchthi Cave in the Argolid Peninsula of Greece." —American Anthropologist

... the archaeological and paleoenvironmental data from Franchthi Cave are unique in providing a site-specific record of the cultural responses to great environmental changes." —Quarterly Research

This volume describes the evolution of the landscape around Franchthi Cave over 25,000 years, its impact on prehistoric inhabitants, and theirs on it.

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L'autore

Tjeer H. Van Andel was Wayne Loel Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford University. His books include Beyond the Acropolis: A Rural Greek Past and Neanderthal and Modern Humans in the European Landscape of the Last Glaciation.

Susan B. Sutton is Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean for International Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis.She is the author of Constructed Menaings: Form and Process in Greek Architecture and A Contingent Countryside: Settlement, Economy, and Land Use in the Southern Argolid Since 1700.

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Book by van Andel Tjeerd Hendrik van Sutton Susan B

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• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0253319757
• ISBN 13: 9780253319753
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 92