Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity
Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity

Author: John Salmon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1134841647

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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.

Human Antiquity
Human Antiquity

Author: Kenneth L. Feder

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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Where did we come from? To answer this question, anthropologists reconstruct the human past and study the human present from both biological and cultural perspectives. "Human Antiquity" offers an absorbing, straightforward explanation of human origins and evolution by thoroughly integrating physical anthropology and archaeology. Co-authors Kenneth Feder and Michael Park combine the ideas, methods, and knowledge from both biological anthropology and archaeology into a unified effort: Feder is an archeologist who conducts surveys, excavations, and analyses to understand the native inhabitants of New England; Park is a biological anthropologist interested in the application of evolutionary theory to the biological history of our species. .

On the Antiquity and the Unity of the Human Race
On the Antiquity and the Unity of the Human Race

Author: Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-05-29

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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On the Antiquity and the Unity of the Human Race is a book by Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield. It provides a treatise on the origins of the human race as it pertains to biblical history.

The Value of a Human Life
The Value of a Human Life

Author: Karel Innemée

Publisher:

Published: 2022-04-20

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9789464260571

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Experts from different disciplines present new insights into the subject of ritual homicide in various regions of the ancient world.

A Manual of the Antiquity of Man
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man

Author: J. P. MacLean

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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"A Manual of the Antiquity of Man" by J. P. MacLean is one of the oldest "contemporary" antiquities books. Exploring artifacts that range from pre-history to biblical times, this book offers commentary and insight into some of the human race's most important relics. Though almost lost to history, this book was salvaged and preserved so it can be read for years to come.

The Antiquity of Man (annotated)
The Antiquity of Man (annotated)

Author: Charles Lyell

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-11

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781519226761

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The "Antiquity of Man" was published in 1863, and ran into a third edition in the course of that year. The cause of this is not far to seek. Darwin's "Origin of Species" appeared in 1859, only four years earlier, and rapidly had its effect in drawing attention to the great problem of the origin of living beings. The theories of Darwin and Wallace brought to a head and presented in a concrete shape the somewhat vague speculations as to development and evolution which had long been floating in the minds of naturalists.