02459nam a22003258a 4500 CR9781139519748 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120530s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139519748 (ebook) 9781107033450 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda GF852.I75 B48 2013 304.209182/2 23 Bevan, Andrew, author. Mediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities and Persistent Landscapes : Antikythera in Long-Term Perspective / [electronic resource] Andrew Bevan, James Conolly. Mediterranean Islands, Fragile Communities & Persistent Landscapes Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Mediterranean 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. Conolly, James, author. Print version: 9781107033450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519748 Cambridge Books Online 236766 236766