Shipley G., Salmon J. (ed.) Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity. Environment and Culture

London – New York: Routledge, 1996. — 359 p. — ISBN 0-203-42690-8 Master e-book ISBN. — ISBN 0-203-73514-5 (Adobe eReader Format). — ISBN 0-415-10755-5 (Print Edition).«Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity» shows how today’s environmental and ecological concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world, and how their perceptions affected society. The effects of human settlement and cultivation on the landscape are considered, as well as the representation of landscape in Attic drama. Various aspects of farming, such as the use of terraces and the significance of olive growing are examined. The uncultivated landscape was also important: hunting was a key social ritual for Greek and hellenistic elites, and 'wild' places were not wastelands but played an essential economic role. The Romans’ attempts to control their environment are analyzed.
This volume shows how Greeks and Romans worked hand in hand with their natural environment and not against it. It represents an outstanding collaboration between the disciplines of history and archaeology.Notes on contributorsGraham Shipley. Ancient history and landscape histories
Oliver Rackham. Ecology and pseudo-ecology: the example of ancient Greece
Lin Foxhall. Feeling the earth move: cultivation techniques on steep slopes in classical antiquity
Hamish Forbes. The uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece: a pointer to the value of the wilderness in antiquity?
Jim Roy. The countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes
Robin Lane Fox. Ancient hunting: from Homer to Polybios
Catherine Delano Smith. Where was the ‘wilderness’ in Roman times?
Nicholas Purcell. Rome and the management of water: environment, culture and power
David J. Mattingly. First fruit? The olive in the Roman world
Neil Christie. Barren fields? Landscapes and settlements in late Roman and post-Roman Italy
Mary Beagon. Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the Elder
Gillian Clark. Cosmic sympathies: nature as the expression of divine purpose