Mediterranean ValleyThis extensive study documents the long-term human settlement history of the Biferno Valley in central-southern Italy, from its earliest occupation in the Stone Age right up to the present day. Integrating the techniques of archaeology, history and geography, Barker shows how settlement in the Valley is inextricably linked to the parallel story of landscape development, his themes and subjects including: Approaches to Mediterranean landscape history; The modern landscape; Methodologies of the Biferno Valley Survey; The natural landscape and its evolution; Early prehsitoric settlement; The first agricultural communities; Iron Age chiefdoms (c.1000-500 BC); Pentri, Frentani and the beginnings of urbanization (c.500--80 BC); Roman towns and territories (c.80 BC-600 AD); The evolution of hilltop villages (AD 600-1500); Feudalism and the `Southern Question' (AD 1500 to the present). |
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Approaches to Mediterranean landscape history | 1 |
the modern landscape | 17 |
methodologies | 40 |
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3rd century 4th century Abruzzo Adriatic agricultural Apennine Apulia artefacts assemblages Benedittis Biferno valley Boiano Boiano basin Bovianum bronze age bronze age settlement Campania Campobasso Campochiaro Casacalenda cemetery centres century BC classical Colle Daunian deposits early Etruria Etruscan evidence excavations farming farmstead faunal findspots flakes flint Fonte Maggio fragments Graeme Barker gravels Guglionesi impasto indicate iron age Italian Italy kilometres land landscape Larino Larinum late limestone lithic lower Biferno lower valley lowlands major Maria in Civita Masseria Mammarella material Matese Matrice medieval Mediterranean middle valley millennium bc Molise Monte Maulo Monte Vairano neolithic neolithic settlements Niro peninsula phase pigs pits Pleistocene ploughing population probably production Regina region river rural Saepinum Samnite Samnium sample San Giacomo sanctuary Santa Maria sea level sediments sherds Sinarca soil southern Italy Sparanise suggests surface Termoli town transhumance upper palaeolithic upper valley valley floor villages zone