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Beyond the Acropolis

A Rural Greek Past

By: Tjeerd van Andel,Curtis Runnels

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Beyond the Acropolis

A Rural Greek Past

By: Tjeerd van Andel,Curtis Runnels

Beneath the cultural peaks of Ancient Greece lay the basic agricultural economy that made civilization possible. This book studies Greek country life from its earliest beginnings to the recent past, revealing a sequence of geological, geographical, cultural, and economic images spanning some 50,000 years of human settlement and land use.

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Stanford University Press

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0804766770

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9780804766777

Landscape and People of the Franchthi Region

Fascicle 2, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece

By: Tjeerd Hendrik van Andel,Susan B. Sutton

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Landscape and People of the Franchthi Region

Fascicle 2, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece

By: Tjeerd Hendrik van Andel,Susan B. Sutton

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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125

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Indiana University Press

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0253044545

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9780253044549

New Views on an Old Planet

By: Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel

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New Views on an Old Planet

By: Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel

In this 1994 revised edition of his award-winning book on the Earth's history, Professor van Andel updates and expands his earlier text, drawing on a wealth of new knowledge that has become available in the last decade. This book examines the major changes in the Earth's history - the evolution of the solid Earth, the changing oceans and atmospheres and the progression of life - to render a historical account of the Earth's evolution. Much knowledge was gained in the previous decade, and while little material has been deleted, this new edition has grown to cover the key topics, including a chapter on how we can improve our grasp on geological time. Mindful of the current interest in global change, new sections describe the green-house effect and address its possible future ramifications. In prose that is both concise and compelling, New Views on an Old Planet: A History of Global Change makes Earth history appealing to the general reader. It will serve as an excellent text for introductory courses in the earth and environmental sciences.

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466

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Cambridge University Press

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0521447550

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9780521447553

New Views on an Old Planet

By: Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel

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By: Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel

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Cambridge University Press

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A Greek Countryside

The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day

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

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A Greek Countryside

The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day

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

This volume presents the results of the Argolid Exploration Project, an archaeological, historical and geological survey of a part of the Peloponnese of Greece. It is a study in human ecology that analyzes the dynamic relationship between human communities and their environments, both cultural and natural. Before 8,000 years ago, particularly during the last Ice Age, the most important determinant of landscape evolution was climate change. However, in the last 8,000 years, human settlement and land use have had drastic effects upon the land, resulting in deforestation and erosion. For this period a cyclical pattern of settlement growth and decline that correlates with successive episodes of catastrophic damage to the soils and environment is revealed. A shorter study of the Project intended for the general reader has already been published (Beyond the Acropolis by van Andel and Runnels, Stanford, 1987), and at least two other volumes will continue to set out the findings.

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0804716080

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9780804716086

New Views on an Old Planet

By: Tjeerd H. van Andel

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New Views on an Old Planet

By: Tjeerd H. van Andel

Earth Science is history, and because the earth is changing every day, earth history is being added every moment. Professor van Andel's now famous book on earth history interweaves three main themes: the evolution of the solid earth; the history of oceans and atmospheres; and the evolution of life. In the decade since this award-winning book was first published, much new information has been learned and confirmed, and Dr. van Andel draws on this wealth of knowledge to thoroughly revise and update the text. There is a new chapter on how we can improve our grasp on geological time and, mindful of the current interest in global change, new sections describe the greenhouse effect and address its possible future ramifications. In prose that is both concise and compelling and with a glossary and suggestions for further reading New Views on an Old Planet: A History of Global Change, makes earth history appealing to the general reader .

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