A Mediterranean valley
Subtitle: landscape archaeology and annales history in the Biferno Valley
By: Graeme Barker ; with contributions by Richard Hodges ... [et al.] ; & specialist contributions by Gill Clark ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hodges, Richard.; Clark, Gillian.
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Land settlement -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley -- History.; Landscape archaeology -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Biferno River Valley.; Biferno River Valley (Italy) -- Antiquities.; Biferno River Valley (Italy) -- History.
Other titles: Biferno Valley survey.
Description: From the lakeside encampment of Stone Age scavengers three-quarters of a million years ago to the problems facing modern-day farmers, A Mediterranean Valley documents the long-term settlement history of the Biferno Valley in central-southern Italy, analysing the symbiotic relationship of its landscape and its inhabitants.

Integrating the techniques of archaeology, history and geography, this volume traces the history of human settlement in the Valley and shows how it is inextricably linked to the parallel story of landscape development. Unique in its geographical and historical time-scale, the Biferno Valley project is widely cited within the archaeological community and is considered the best example to date of the importance of human settlement in shaping the Mediterranean landscape.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-343) and index.
Companion volume to: The Biferno Valley survey: the archaeological and geomorphological record / edited by Graeme Barker.