Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape
The Mediterranean and Beyond
Published on 30. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-931909-06-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the result of two interdisciplinary symposia held by a group of volcanologists, engineers, Near Eastern and Classical philologists, and Old and New World archaeologists, in Naples, Italy and Medford, Massachusetts. Contributors to the nineteen chapters examine the complex problems that can arise in volcanic environments and the various ways in which societies respond. These studies cross barriers among the volcanological, geological, antiquarian, and archaeological perspectives in studying such topics as risk assessment, responses in prehistoric and historic times, and representations in ancient literature.
Reviews / Votes
The authors of "Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape" have compiled a useful collection of research related to many fields and directed to a wide audience of scientists and students in archaeology, volcanology, history and Mediterranean studies. [...] provides invaluable information of interest to professionals and general readers alike.'--Moshe Inbar"The Holocene" (01/01/2007) this book is to be welcomed; it is to be hoped that it will set a standard for interdisciplinary studies'--Margaret L Faull "Landscape History, 2006 " a nice collection of edited papers that discuss the many aspects of living with volcanoes, their advantages and disadvantages, today and in antiquity.'--Floyd W. McCoy"American Journal Of Archaeology" (01/01/2008) The authors of Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape have compiled a useful collection of research related to many fields and directed to a wide audience of scientists and students in archaeology, volcanology, history and Mediterranean studies. [...] provides invaluable information of interest to professionals and general readers alike.'--Moshe Inbar "The Holocene, 2007 "More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
64 b/w figs, 11 tbs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-931909-06-8 (9781931909068)
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Persons
Miriam S. Balmuth is a research professor in classical archaeology and numismatics at Tufts University. David K. Chester is a professor in the Department of Geography at Liverpool University. Patricia A. Johnston is a professor of classical mythology, Greek, and Latin at Brandeis University.