02428nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002500194082002100219100002800240245016700268246007100435264005200506300005900558336002600617337002600643338003600669500007300705520120100778700002901979776003502008856007102043CR9781139519748UkCbUP20180107143416.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120530s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139519748 (ebook)  z9781107033450 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aGF852.I75 bB48 201300a304.209182/22231 aBevan, Andrew,eauthor.10aMediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities and Persistent Landscapes :bAntikythera in Long-Term Perspective / [electronic resource]cAndrew Bevan, James Conolly.3 aMediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities & Persistent Landscapes 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (327 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aMediterranean landscape ecology, island cultures and long-term human history have all emerged as major research agendas over the past half-century, engaging large swathes of the social and natural sciences. This book brings these traditions together in considering Antikythera, a tiny island perched on the edge of the Aegean and Ionian seas, over the full course of its human history. Small islands are particularly interesting because their human, plant and animal populations often experience abrupt demographic changes, including periods of near-complete abandonment and recolonization, and Antikythera proves to be one of the best-documented examples of these shifts over time. Small islands also play eccentric but revealing roles in wider social, economic and political networks, serving as places for refugees, hunters, modern eco-tourists, political exiles, hermits and pirates. Antikythera is a rare case of an island that has been investigated in its entirety from several systematic fieldwork and disciplinary perspectives, not least of which is an intensive archaeological survey. The authors use the resulting evidence to offer a unique vantage on settlement and land use histories.1 aConolly, James,eauthor.08iPrint version: z978110703345040uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519748zCambridge Books Online